Pope Francis has offered advised to leaders across the world on how to create jobs for the millions to contain the negative effects of the emerging fourth Industrial Revolution.
“Clearly there is a need to create new models of doing business that, while promoting the development of advanced technologies, are also capable of using them to create dignified work for all.”
Pope Francis addressed participants today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, holding in Davos, Switzerland. The message was read by Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
The Pontiff urged leaders “not to forget the poor” and to see the creation of jobs as an essential part of leaders’ service to the common good alongside producing wealth and improving the world.
“The present moment offers the world a precious opportunity to guide and govern the transformations associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution in a way that builds inclusive societies. However, it brings diminished opportunities for employment that also brings with it a responsibility among leaders to create jobs, tackle inequality and help solve society’s complex crisis,” said Pope Francis in his message.
The Pope encouraged leaders to seize the opportunities that the Fourth Industrial Revolution presents even as he said that the World Economic Forum can become a platform for the defence and protection of creation and for the achievement of a progress which is healthier, more human, more social and more integral. [myad]
