The Economy of Francesco: the fourth global online meeting in Assisi on October 6th

A new message addressed by the Holy Father to the world’s young economists and entrepreneurs is awaited

For the fourth year in a row, the young economists, change-makers and entrepreneurs of The Economy of Francesco (EoF), will gather to celebrate the annual meeting that collects and narrates initiatives, ideas and processes launched and matured since the beginning; the key point is keep deepening the problems that today’s economy must face and setting goals for the new year. The global economy is living in difficult times: the war in Europe and the many wars in the world, the environmental crisis getting worse and worse, the growing and new inequalities are some of the challenges that are becoming more and more serious and urgent.

One of the main challenges is a need for new narratives. Reflection on the importance of grounding again the spiritual and narrative capitals of our time has accompanied the EoF community throughout the 2023, because – as the organizers recall – ‘without transforming experiences into stories, facts do not become social phenomena, they risk remaining dumb facts. Collective events begin when we try to tell them to someone who wants to listen to us’. In getting ready for the October event, the young people were also invited to put their hands at a storytelling exercise through a contest entitled The stories we are, open to many narrative and artistic expressions.

About a year after the event in Assisi (September 22nd-24th 2022), the meeting on October 6th, entitled “The 25th hour. EoF (on air) Global Gathering” will therefore seek to collect stories, dreams, vocations and experiences that are part of the capital of The Economy of Francesco and that have a voice and a face in each of the young protagonists of this global community. There are great expectations for the message that the Holy Father will address to the young economists and entrepreneurs of the world, gathered online for the occasion.