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Mammon prays for an audience with new pope
The Observer
|April 27, 2025
No man can serve both God and money, but Pope Francis did try to make the leading devotees of mammon more virtuous by welcoming them warmly into the Vatican.
Bosses of big banks, investment firms, tech and pharma companies, and even oil and gas companies were invited in droves to be blessed by the Holy Father and debate how to do business more justly, make their supply chains more ethical, increase their positive social impact and do less damage to the climate.
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