Pope Francis on the importance of labor. I totally agree with Pope and I am very happy he articulates this. Everyone should have a job because a persons dignity and respect for oneself lies in it. If only there is a government that can commit to 100% employment. And to do that, yes, solidarity is key! ...the dignity of man is connected to labor.” “The primary value of labor is the good of the human person, as it allows the person to be fully realized as such, with his attitudes and intellectual, creative and manual capacities. Therefore, it follows that labor has not only the economic objective of profit, but above all a purpose that regards man and his dignity.” “And if there is no labor, this dignity is wounded!” “The unemployed and underemployed, in fact, risk being relegated to the margins of society, becoming victims of social exclusion. Often it happens that persons without work – I think especially of the many young people unemployed today – slip into chronic discouragement, or worse, apathy. This is “the consequence of an economic system that is no longer able to create work, because it has placed at its center an idol, the idol of money! Therefore, the various political, social, and economic actors are called upon to promote a different approach, based on justice and solidarity.” “Solidarity is important, but this system is not so fond of it, preferring to exclude it. This human solidarity which assures all the possibility of dignified labor.” “Labor is a good for all, and must be available to all,” Pope Francis recommended solidarity and creativity as responses to the crisis of unemployment: creativity of entrepreneurs and artisans, and solidarity “among all components of society, all foregoing something, adopting a more sober lifestyle, to help those in a state of need.”
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:39:26 +0000
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