CONGRESS ON GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMY AND THE FAMILY

VATICAN CITY, NOV 27, 2000 (VIS) - Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, is scheduled to give the opening address at a three-day international congress entitled "Globalization, Economy and the Family" which opens today in the Vatican's Old Synod Hall.

According to the communique released today, the aim of the congress, which has been organized by the pontifical council, is "to study more deeply those economic questions which regard the family in the light of globalization, starting with the teaching of the Holy Father, especially that contained in the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation 'Ecclesia in America'."

The press release then cites the exhortation: "The complex phenomenon of globalization is one of the features of the contemporary world particularly visible in America. An important part of this many-faceted reality is the economic aspect. By her social doctrine the Church makes an effective contribution to the issues presented by the current globalized economy. Her moral vision in this area 'rests on the threefold cornerstone of human dignity, solidarity and subsidiarity, The globalized economy must be analyzed in the light of the principles of social justice, respecting the preferential option for the poor who must be allowed to take their place in such an economy, and the requirements of the international common good."

University professors, political figures, entrepreneurs who are experts in the economy as well as noted journalists will take part in the congress.

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