{"id":1435,"date":"2018-11-13T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:31:12","slug":"pope-entrepreneurship-needed-in-face-of-scandalous-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1435","title":{"rendered":"Pope:  Entrepreneurship needed in face of &#8220;scandalous poverty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e2022ad379cb7b200c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pope Francis image\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e2022ad379cb7b200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e2022ad379cb7b200c-200wi\" style=\"width: 160px;\" title=\"Pope Francis image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">As we should all know &#8211; because the Pope is smart &#8211; he supports the free enterprise system.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/vatican\/2018\/11\/07\/pope-says-entrepreneurship-needed-in-face-of-scandalous-poverty\/\">\u201cIf there is hunger on earth, it is not because food is missing!\u201d Francis said in St. Peter\u2019s Square Nov. 7. \u201cWhat is lacking is a free and far-sighted entrepreneurship, which ensures adequate production, and a solidarity approach, which ensures fair distribution,\u201d he continued. \u201cPossession is a responsibility,\u201d Francis stressed. \u201cThe ownership of a good makes the one who owns it an \u2018administrator of Providence.\u2019\u201d \u201cThe possession of goods is an opportunity to multiply them with creativity and use them with generosity, and thus grow in love and freedom,\u201d he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Quoting the catechism, Francis said, \u201cMan, using created goods, must consider the external things that he legitimately possesses, not only as his own, but also as common, in the sense that they can benefit not only him but also others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The pope\u2019s remarks on entrepreneurship and ownership came during a reflection on the seventh commandment, \u201cThou shall not steal.\u201d In recent months, the pontiff has dedicated his weekly general audiences to a series of lessons and reflections on the Ten Commandments recorded in the scriptural books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we should all know &#8211; because the Pope is smart &#8211; he supports the free enterprise system. \u201cIf there is hunger on earth, it is not because food is missing!\u201d Francis said in St. Peter\u2019s Square Nov. 7. \u201cWhat is lacking is a free and far-sighted entrepreneurship, which ensures adequate production, and a solidarity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7693,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions\/7693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}