Economic Quotes by Pope Francis

The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return to person-centred ethics in the world of finance and economics.

— Pope Francis

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk.

— Pope Francis

Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of…

— Pope Francis

The economic part is the one that came out first because there were some problems about which the press spoke a lot.

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Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.

— Pope Francis

I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and…

— Pope Francis

Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no…

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When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced…

— Pope Francis

This happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly... a tragedy... what can be done? But if people die of…

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I have heard it said that families with many children and high birth rates are among the cause of poverty. It seems…

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Together with the social responsibility of businesses, there is also the social responsibility of consumers. Every person ought to have the awareness…

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The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man…

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Every economic...acti on must set about providing each inhabitant of the planet with the minimum wherewithal to live in dignity and freedom,…

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There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity…

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We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all…

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We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre…

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The Church encourages those in power to be truly at the service of the common good of their peoples. She urges financial…

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The disciple of Jesus gives up all he has, all his goods, because he has found in him the greatest Good from…

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I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many,…

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A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while…

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People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way. One cause of this situation, in my opinion,…

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...these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten…

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There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone.…

— Pope Francis