Friday, March 30, 2012
Vocation of the Business Leader
Today the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has published "Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection." Sr. Helen Alford and my colleague Mike Naughton coordinated the project, supported by a cast of contributors that includes Stefano Zamagni, Andre Habisch, and my colleagues Ken Goodpaster and Bob Kennedy. From the foreword by Peter K.A. Cardinal Turkson and Bishop Mario Toso: "This reflection offers business leaders, members of their institutions, and various stakeholders a set of practical principles that can guide them in their service of the common good. . . . [T]he Church does not relinquish the hope that Christian business leaders will, despite the present darkness, restore trust, inspire hope, and keep burning the light of faith that fuels their daily pursuit of the good."
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2012/03/vocation-of-the-business-leader.html
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According to the Catholic Left the business leader has no vocation, because he has no conscience. He has no right to claim the government may not force him to violate his religious beliefs. Only the Catholic Church and nonprofits have a conscience according to them, and they are unswervingly sure that the Bishops are wrong to insist on conscience protection for any religious or moral objector including in business, as the Blunt and Fortenberry bills would provide (and as Ted Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan had always supported in federal health policy).