Pope Leo XIV Urges Dignity for Workers During Politically Charged Argentina Visit
Leo said unions are indispensable and warned that work loses its dignity when economic profit becomes the sole criterion of success.
- Pope Leo XIV praised trade unions as "indispensable" during his address at the Catholic University in Argentina, emphasizing workers' dignity before labor and business leaders.
- Argentine President Javier Milei's labor reforms adopted in February curtailed strike rights, prompting critics to view the Pope's warning that "when economic profit is established as the sole criterion of success, a business becomes dehumanised" as a rebuke to his libertarian agenda.
- Since Milei took office, around 270,000 private-sector jobs have been scrapped and informal labor now accounts for 45% of the workforce, while the Pope's Mass drew an estimated 2.5 million people—the largest crowd of his papacy.
- Before the Mass, the Pope visited the Cottolengo Don Orione, a facility housing more than 400 people with disabilities, where authorities paid about $535,000 ahead of his arrival to cover four of the 12 months owed.
- The Pope stressed that "technology must always be subject to ethics," adding that algorithms cannot replace human discernment, and urged Argentina to build a future grounded in "social friendship" overcoming polarization.
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Buenos Aires., Pope Leon XIV insisted yesterday on social justice as the axis of the doctrine of the Church, supported the social movements by recalling from his predecessor Francis his motto of the three T, in allusion to land, roof and work, criticized labor exploitation and warned of the impact of artificial intelligence on employment.
Pope talks labor during Argentina visit | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Pope Leo XIV delivered a sweeping tribute to the dignity of workers before Argentina's labor and business leaders Monday in what critics of Argentine President Javier Milei took as a rebuke to his libertarian agenda, capping a day that began at a disability home struggling under his government's spending cuts.
Pope Leo XIV warned of threats from AI and uncontrolled automation to the future of jobs, human dignity and work. He said that technology should be within the framework of ethics and businesses should prioritize the welfare of employees, the environment and everyone instead of profit.
Technology must always be subject to ethics: Pope Leo on AI and jobs
Pope Leo XIV has warned that AI and unchecked automation could put countless jobs at risk. He says technology must follow ethical principles, with businesses putting workers, environmental sustainability and the common good ahead of profits.
Pope Leo XIV claimed responsibility for the workers of the popular economy, a sector that, during the government of Javier Milei, faced the closure of canteens, the judicialization of leaders, the repression of protests and the cutting of funds.
Pope Leo XIV also called for trade unions to extend "the hand to workers in precarious situations, to informal workers and to those excluded from the formal system"
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