Pope Leo XIV Urges Dignity for Workers During Politically Charged Argentina Visit
The pope said trade unions are indispensable and warned that 45% of workers are now in informal jobs, according to labor leaders.
- 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 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"
Pope defends trade unions as 'indispensable' in Argentina
Pope Leo XIV praised the "indispensable" role played by trade unions in a speech Monday; "When economic profit is established as the sole criterion of success, a business becomes dehumanised," he warns. Leer más
Leon XIV led the meeting with the "work world" at the headquarters of the UCA of Puerto Madero. He reclaimed the social doctrine of the Church and seemed to send a message to the Government stressing that "access to the world of work must continue to be a priority objective of public policies.
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