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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 investing,5andonhowthisfinancialactivitypromotesthewellbeingofboththe earthand itspeople (inhabitants). Bywayofmakingamodest contributionto theFestschrift,whichcelebrates thecareerandministryofo.Univ.-Prof.Dr.IngeborgG.Gabriel,onemaycouch the interest and pursuit of the Vatican Dicastery as “investment within the frameworkof theenvironment, societyandgovernance”! 2. Towardsan IdentificationofanESGFramework PopeFrancis jolted the conscienceof aworld infatuatedwithmoney, its trans- actionsanditsprocessinghubofthestockmarkets,whenheasked,rhetorically, “can it be that it is not a news itemwhen an elderly homeless person dies of exposure,but it isnewswhenthestockmarket losestwopoints?”6Thus, though money is a useful tool of communication and encounter, as Pope Francis ob- served, addressingmembers of the Fortune-TimeGlobal Forum 2016 during their visit to theVatican,7 itmaynot supplant or replace thehumanperson in importance.“Money”,accordingtoPopeFrancis,“mustserve,notrule.”8Thus, theHolyFather linksproblems inthe financial sector toa “profound human crisis: the denial of the primacy of the human person!We have creatednewidols.Theworshipoftheancientgoldencalf (cf.Ex32:1–35)hasreturned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry ofmoney and the dictatorship of an im- personal economylackinga trulyhumanpurpose.”9 Accordingly,we shouldexpandourefforts to align themanagementof finance andourassetswiththewellbeingand inclusive flourishingof theentirehuman family,notaccording tosome invisiblehand,butaccording to thevisiblehand of,forexample,thefourclassicalprinciplesofCatholicsocialteaching:10because they do inspire harmonious living in society, and promotewithin the human familya sharper insight into its fulldestinyonearth,namely, to coexist for the 5 Thoughconceived,asobservedabove,asafollowuponthe“Note”ofthePontificalCouncil forJusticeandPeace,TowardsReformingtheInternationalFinancialandMonetarySystems intheContextofGlobalPublicAuthority (2011), it isproper tonote that thepublicationof this document,Mensuram Bonam, now follows upon the publication ofOeconomicae et PecuniariaeQuestiones,ConsiderationsforanethicaldiscernmentRegardingsomeAspectsof thePresentEconomic-Financial System (2018)by theCongregation forDoctrine andFaith andtheDicastery forPromoting IntegralHumandevelopment. 6 Francis,EvangeliiGaudium,Vatican2013,53. 7 September6th, 2016. 8 Francis,EvangeliiGaudium,Vatican2013,58. 9 Ibid., 55. 10 Cf.CompendiumofSocialTeachingoftheChurch,§160;“Thisunderstandingissuchthat it inspiresharmonious living insociety.”§77. KardinalPeterK.A.Turkson578 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0