Catholic tradition calls for a "society of work, enterprise and participation" which "is not directed against the market, but demands that the market be appropriately controlled by the forces of society and by the state to assure that the basic needs of the whole society are satisfied," according to Pope John Paul II.
All of economic life needs to recognize the fact we
are all God's children and members of one human family, called to exercise a clear priority for "the
least among us."
