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Pinatibay ng Pilipinas ang pakikiisa sa mga adbokasiya ng Economy of Francesco Foundation na itinatag ng yumaong Pope Francis.
Si Ivan Gozum, College Instructor at Research Associate sa University of Santo Tomas Institute of Religion and Research Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics ang ipinadalang kinatawan ng Pilipinas sa EOF conference na “At the Roots of Economic Ethics”.
Inamin ni Gozum sa Radyo Veritas na binago ng EOF-Foundation ang kanyang pananaw sa tunay na sukatan ng tagumpay tungo sa pag-unlad ng ekonomiya na hindi lamang nakabatay sa kita o mga datos kundi sa kung paano nagmamalasakit at nagtutulungan ang bawat isa sa lipunan.
“The EOF helped me rethink how economies should be successful nowadays. I realized that it should not be about profit or any metric that are being presented right now. Rather, economy should be about how much we take care of one another, how much we help one another flourish in the society, and at the same time,”mensahe ni Gozum
Ipinaliwanag ni Gozum na mahalagang maisulong ang dignidad ng tao, pag-unlad ng kapwa, at pananagutan sa sangnilikha bilang kaloob ng Diyos sa sangkatauhan.
Binigyang-diin din ni Gozum na hindi sapat ang pagsusulat lamang ng research papers at pagtuturo kundi kinakailangan din ang personal na pagbabago o conversion na katulad ng isinusulong ni Saint Francis of Assisi na personal na pakikiisa sa mga mahihirap.
“How much good can we still do to uphold the dignity of the human person?Because the EOF taught me that we need to have a responsibility on this creation that was revealed to us by God.
And as a student and an early academic, I think it’s more than writing research papers about teaching students, but also having a personal conversion, just like how Francis wants us to have,” pahayag ni Gozum sa EOF Foundation conference.
Tinalakay sa international conference ang mga usapin sa ethical, spiritual, ecological, at social dimensions ng ekonomiya kabilang ang kahirapan, inequality, ecology, human dignity, at sustainable development sa pananaw ng Franciscan traditions.
