The co-host of Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade, joined Fox & Friends to discuss the vice-president JD vances with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday before his death at 88 years old.
During his mandate as head of the Catholic Church, Pope FrancisDied Monday at 88, explained how companies and the economy should support the poor, while pushing the suggestions that he was anti -capitalist.
The Vatican announced on Monday the death of Francis after recently fought against double pneumonia, following a series of health challenges in recent years. Francis had restored sufficiently to participate in the Easter Sunday festivities in Rome, where he met Vice-President JD Vance.
Vatican officials announced on Monday in an update that the Pope died of a stroke.
Francis, who was born in Argentina and appointed Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was interviewed by Argentinian journalists Francesca Ambrogetti and Sergio Rubin for their book in 2023 “El Pastor”, in which he discussed his opinions on capitalism and the economy, which were profiled in “America Magazine“- A Catholic magazine published by the American Jesuits.
“I do not condemn capitalism in the way some people attribute to me. I am not against the market either [economy]”The pope said.” I am in favor of what John Paul II defined as a social economy market. This implies the presence of a regulatory authority, that is to say the State, which should mediate between the parties. It is a table with three legs: the state, the capital and the labor. “”
Pope Francis died at 88, says the Vatican
Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 after a recent battle with double pneumonia. (Kena Betancur / Viewpress / Getty Images / Getty Images)
“In no part of the Bible, there is no command to produce poverty,” said Francis. He said that popular bliss “blessed are the poor In the mind “means” the person who is not attached to the riches “. He added that” in no case is it bad to produce wealth for the good of all “and that” producing it is an act of justice. And for this justice to be complete, it must be distributive. “”
Francis declared in the book that government support for the unemployed should be designed in such a way that it “does not affect the culture of work” because “Work gives dignity to people. “”
In remarks last June to management directors and employees of large companies and banks, Francis said that companies should focus on environmental challenges, “poorest and discharges”, as well as young people.
The pope urged them to put the environment at the center of their attention and said: “We live in a time of seriousness environmental crisis It depends on many individuals and factors, including the economic and commercial choices of the past and the present. “”
“It is no longer enough to comply with the laws of the States, which take place too slowly: we must innovate by anticipating the future, with courageous and prospective choices that can be imitated. The innovation of the entrepreneur must nowadays to plan and above all to be innovation in the management of our common household,” said French.
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The New York Stock Exchange honored the life of Pope Francis with a minute of silence on Monday. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images / Getty Images)
He also exhorted them to “do not forget the poorest and most rejected”, saying: “A circular economy has become a key term, calling for the reuse and recycling of waste. However, even if we recycle materials and their waste, we have not yet learned – allow me to use the expression – to” recycle “and not to reject people and workers, in particular the most vulnerable. applies often. “
“It is important that you are wary of a certain” meritocracy “which is used to legitimize the exclusion of the poor, which are deemed non-deserving, even to the point of considering poverty itself as their fault,” added the pope. “The challenge is to include the poor in businesses, to make resources for everyone. It is possible. I dream of a world in which the jet can become the protagonists of change, but it seems to me that Jesus has already accomplished this, don’t you think?”
Francis’ remarks have also encouraged businesses to extend opportunities to young people, who, according to him, “are often among the poor of our time: the poor in resources, opportunities and a future. Paradoxically, this happens both where there are many, but which lack means, and where there are less and less of them – as in Italy, because children are not born here – however. “”
Pope Francis managed the Catholic church for 12 years. (Riccardo de Luca / Anadolu via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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“We do not learn any job without” business hospitality “, which means to generously welcome young people when they lack Experience and skills requiredBecause each job is only learned by doing so, “said the Pope.” I encourage you, then, to be generous, to welcome young people in your business, by giving them an overview of the future so that a whole generation does not lose hope. “”
In remarks to Italian family businesses in October 2024, Francis said: “The Church is the family of God, and looks very much everything that is the family. The first individuals and then the family: no! First the family and, within the family, people.”
“In your case, you are characterized by the delicate balance between family and work, which is expressed in courage and entrepreneurial responsibility. It is good, it is constructive when courage and responsibility go together,” he said.
Pope Francis has pleaded for companies to expand opportunities for poor and young people, while urging to focus on environmental problems. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
“Like the Church missionYour activity is generally rooted in a territory, which you are called to enrich, both with the witness of family ties and the severity of your professional commitment, “he said.” That the gift of faith is increasingly guiding your presence in local realities and strengthens your participation in the fortune of humanity. Let’s not forget that everything is connected, nothing is isolated. “”
Francis said that family businesses should “continue, to feel that you are part of a broader family and a large business in the church, which is the service in the kingdom of God and his justice”.
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“I therefore invite you to widen your heart and broaden your perspectives, to feed listening, at home and in business, between different generations-it is important, listening between different generations; grandparents with grandchildren, it is very important,” said the Pope. “Believe in the vocation of your children – anyway – and open doors and windows on those who wish to travel a section of the road with you.”
“Let us remember the talent parable: nothing that has been entrusted to you should be” buried “! Do not be afraid and continue with confidence,” said Francis.
