{"id":13887,"date":"2017-05-24T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/?p=13887"},"modified":"2018-05-22T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:23:59","slug":"gaetano-cavalieri-has-audience-with-pope-francis-after-addressing-conference-in-vatican-on-ethical-challenges-and-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/gaetano-cavalieri-has-audience-with-pope-francis-after-addressing-conference-in-vatican-on-ethical-challenges-and-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetano Cavalieri has audience with Pope Francis, after addressing conference in Vatican on ethical challenges and strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABOVE: Pope Francis greeting Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, at the Vatican on May 20.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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MAY 24, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gaetano Cavalieri, the President of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has had a personal audience with Pope Francis at Vatican City in Rome. It took place on May 20, following a three-day conference of the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation, where business, academic and political leaders discussed ethical challenges and strategies, and at which Dr. Cavalieri was one of the speakers.<\/p>\n

The private audience took place in the Clementina Hall of the Apostolic Palace, after a Roman Catholic mass presided over by Pope Francis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fight against poverty is not merely a technical economic problem, but above all a moral one, calling for global solidarity and the development of more equitable approaches to the concrete needs and aspirations of individuals and peoples worldwide,\u201d Pope Francis said, speaking to the conference\u2019s participants, before meeting with each one personally.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Saint John Paul II frequently insisted, economic activity cannot be conducted in an institutional or political vacuum, but has an essential ethical component,\u201d Pope Francis continued. \u201cIt must always stand at the service of the human person and the universal common good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation is an international association of business and professional leaders from across the Catholic world, dedicated to infusing the ethical and social doctrine promoted by the church in economic policies and practices. Its 2017 conference was entitled \u201cConstructive Alternatives in an Era of Global Turmoil,\u201d and in the words of Pope Francis, \u201cexplored from various standpoints the practical and ethical implications of the present world economy, while at the same time laying the foundations for a business and economic culture that is more inclusive and respectful of human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking during the second day of the conference, Dr. Cavalieri focused his presentation on the fight against human trafficking and corruption, noting that those who are most vulnerable are the weakest members of society in conflicted regions. The business community\u2019s moral obligation is to affect positive change at the grass roots level in such places, he insisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should help such people develop in the lands of their origin, so that they may integrate into the world,\u201d Dr. Cavalieri said. \u201cLet us examine what are the most important elements that afflict underdeveloped economies and their governments, especially where government is corrupt and the enforcement of law is optional.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Pope Francis together with participants in the 2017 <\/em>Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation<\/em> conference in the <\/em>Clementina Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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