Pope Francis, who enacted new transparency laws in June covering contracts for the purchase of goods, property and services for both the Roman Curia and Vatican City State offices, welcomed the experts and said their work “is particularly dear to my heart.”

As many people around the world face economic uncertainty due to the pandemic, a paradigm shift is needed, Pope Francis said.

The chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, has said that companies are using the excuse of the pandemic to take advantage of their workers.

While cautioning against blind reliance on “unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market,” Pope Francis sees the creative work of business as fundamental to building a just society.

The oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has renewed attention as to how environmental disasters affect ecological and economic life.

A response to Mike Pompeo’s human rights commission