Vatican City, Sep 4, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis told heads of state and business leaders Friday that human dignity and “ecological conversion” ought to shape the future of Europe’s economy. 

“The human person must take its rightful place at the heart of our educational, healthcare, social and economic policies,” Pope Francis said in a message to participants in an economics forum taking place near Lake Como, in northern Italy, Sept. 4-5.