--- description: Time Inc. will host a forum in Rome on the global economy, culminating in a special address by Pope Francis at the Vatican title: Time Inc. to Host Global Forum Featuring Pope Francis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49f1c131e94544a3/6988a4ca656a3f466abccf7f/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Press Room](/section/press-room/) ## Press Room Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Time Inc. to Host Global Forum Featuring Pope Francis by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 6, 2016 11:00 AM CUT  Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sept. 3, 2016. Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sept. 3, 2016.Stefano Rellandini—Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 6, 2016 11:00 AM CUT Time Inc. will host a forum in Rome on the global economy, culminating in a special address by Pope Francis at the Vatican, the company announced Tuesday. The [2016 Fortune/Time Global Forum](http://www.fortuneconferences.com/global-forum-2016/ "undefined")—the first of its kind— will take place Dec. 2 and 3 and aims to bring together [Fortune 500 CEOs](http://beta.fortune.com/fortune500/ "undefined"), members of the [TIME 100 most influential people](http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/ "undefined") and other academic, religious and business leaders to discuss international economic issues, including creating jobs, eliminating poverty, solving the refugee crisis and broadening prosperity. Pope Francis has regularly [spoken out](http://fortune.com/2015/09/14/pope-francis-capitalism-inequality/ "undefined") about global economic issues, raising concerns about the growing [wealth gap](http://fortune.com/2015/09/20/pope-francis-income-inequality/ "undefined") and criticizing the “dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose.” “Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy,” he said in a [speech](http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/07/10/pope%5Ffrancis%5Fspeech%5Fat%5Fworld%5Fmeeting%5Fof%5Fpopular%5Fmovements/1157291 "undefined") in Bolivia last year. “It is a moral obligation.” The Fortune/Time forum will be led by Time Inc. Chief Content Officer and Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alan Murray and Time Inc. News Group Editorial Director and Time Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs. The official host committee for the forum includes the leaders of [IBM](http://fortune.com/fortune500/ibm-31/ "undefined") and [PepsiCo](http://fortune.com/fortune500/pepsico-44/ "undefined") as well as the Rockefeller and [Ford](http://fortune.com/fortune500/ford-motor-9/ "undefined") Foundations, among others. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4479257/time-inc-global-forum-economy-pope-francis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4479257/time-inc-global-forum-economy-pope-francis/"},"headline":"Time Inc. to Host Global Forum Featuring Pope Francis","datePublished":"2016-09-06T11:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:24:05.083Z","description":"The December event will culminate in a special address at the Vatican","url":"https://time.com/4479257/time-inc-global-forum-economy-pope-francis/","keywords":["Economy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49f1c131e94544a3/6988a4ca656a3f466abccf7f/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Press Room","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49f1c131e94544a3/6988a4ca656a3f466abccf7f/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pope-Francis","caption":"Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sept. 3, 2016.","creditText":"Stefano Rellandini—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/press-room/","name":"Press Room"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4479257/time-inc-global-forum-economy-pope-francis/","name":"Time Inc. to Host Global Forum Featuring Pope Francis"}}]}] ```