Economics for ecclesiastics
A guide
Edited by
Martin Schlag and Giuseppe Schlitzer
Preface by
Sr. Raffaella Petrini F.S.E.
Libreria Editrice Vaticana
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Pianeta Libri news. Turin, May 15, 2025 – Economic issues pervade our everyday lives, and the Church is no exception in that regard. A clear example are the economic and financial reforms underway in the Vatican and the Roman Curia under the guidance of Pope Francis. Church leaders around the world are increasingly confronted with economic and financial challenges, often without the appropriate competences and skills.
This book is meant to serve as a guide for Church leaders, and ecclesiastics more generally, to understand the economy we live in better, as well as to provide some principles for good Church management. Chapters in the book deal with relevant economic topics and examine how Catholic social teaching can contribute to interpreting and resolving complex economic issues.
Readers will find references to the Bible and the Popes’ encyclicals throughout the book and will be inspired to delve deeper and undertake further inquiries.
Editors
Msgr. Martin Schlag (New York City, 1964) is Full Professor of Christian Social Thought and Co-Director of the Murphy Institute at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota (USA). He is as well the Director of the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. His research focuses on the tradition of Catholic social thought in political and economic questions, and on how to promote principled business leadership for the common good and include the poor into the market economy.
Giuseppe Schlitzer (Napoli, 1962) is Director of the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority of the Holy See since April 2020, and teaches Financial Globalization at the European University of Rome. As an economist he has served in several institutions, including the Bank of Italy, the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. (USA), and the Confederation of Italian Industry (Confindustria). He is Honorary Member of the Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis and Deputy Vice President of the Istituto Internazionale Jacques Maritain in Rome.
Economics for ecclesiastics
A guide
Edited by Martin Schlag and Giuseppe Schlitzer
Preface by Sr. Raffaella Petrini F.S.E.
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 1st Edition: 2024
Dimensions (width x height) 14 x 21 cm
Pages: 288. Stitched paperback, with flaps
ISBN 978-88-266-0921-8
20,00 €
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