By Brian Grim
Imagine an office at The Vatican charged with promoting among socially motivated professional and business leaders the teaching of the church regarding the dignity of workers and other business related principles! It’s right in the same central building as houses the Secretariate of State and the Papal apartment, where I’m standing with Oliver Galea (C), Secretary General at Fondazione Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice, and Cristi Buceceanu (R), moderator for Consulus in Europe.
Fondazione Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice was established in 1993 by St. John Paul II to promote the teachings from his 1991 encyclical, Centesimus Annus, which updated the 1891 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII responding to the new challenges of the Industrial Revolution.
And now the new Pope, who chose as his name Pope Leo XIV, as a signal that he is carrying on the church’s response to the AI Revolution, which is defining a whole new era of humanity’s relationship to work and the economy.
My colleague, Lawrence Chong, Group CEO of Consulus, will speak at their annual convention on Friday, and explore ways we can support the work of this unique Vatican Foundation.