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For this reason, in the midst of Lent this year, from March 26 to 28, I convened a meeting in Assisi with young economists, entrepreneurs, and change-makers, with the aim of building a more just and inclusive economy. As the Church’s Magisterium has often repeated, political life represents an eminent form of charity (cf. Pius XI, Address to the Italian Federation of Catholic University Students, December 18, 1927).

The same applies to economic life, which can be approached with the same evangelical spirit, the spirit of the Beatitudes.

I ask Mary Most Holy to pray that our Lenten celebration may open our hearts to hear God’s call to reconcile with him, to fix our gaze on the Paschal Mystery, and to open ourselves to an open and sincere dialogue with him. In this way, we will become what Christ asks of his disciples: salt of the earth and light of the world