Cardinal Bertone: Businessmen Help Fulfill God's Plan
Speaks to Group of Christian Entrepreneurs and Managers
TURIN, Italy, OCT. 8, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Professional businesspeople cooperate with God's plan for the world when they do their work, said the Pope's secretary of state.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said this at the 60th meeting of the Christian Union of Entrepreneurs and Managers, which ended Sunday.
Cardinal Bertone said that business activities, even though they follow market laws, help to bring about the fulfillment of God's plan for the world. [questionable]
Thus, he contended, the Church cannot remain quiet when seeing the dignity of the human being attacked. Respect for the working person's inalienable rights is a need that must not be forgotten, especially in dealing with the young, the cardinal said.
Cardinal Bertone encouraged respect for the education and formation offered by the Church and giving volunteer workers and nonprofit businesses professional experience in the market.
Giancarlo Abete, the vice president of the group, said, "Man must not serve the economy; rather the economy must be at the service of man," since the role of the businessman is twofold: on one hand, to make profit [also questionable], but on the other, to be responsible in dealing with the society around them.
Now LC is friendly to a certain stratum of society--might it be possible that what the Cardinal was saying is slightly different?
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