“Work is legitimately important,” he underlined. “For if it is true that work ennobles man, it is even truer that it is man who ennobles work. It is we, and not the machines, who are the true value of work.”
Francis’ message was read by Bishop Matthieu Rougé of the Diocese of Nanterre, France, on the first day of the Meeting of Entrepreneurs of France at the Paris Longchamp Racecourse Aug. 28–29.
Rougé also participated in part of the event’s program, a religious debate Aug. 28 on the topic of “the sacred and the profane: faith in the future.”
The debate included representatives from Islam and Judaism as well as a philosopher. Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops, also participated.
Pope Francis noted that, like many people today, the business world is facing challenges such as the war in Ukraine and the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Entrepreneurs suffer when their business suffers, and they suffer a great deal when the business goes bankrupt and has to close,” he said.
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