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2016 Franco Origlia

# Vatican Global Forum

## Vatican Global Forum

* ![A picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano shows Pope Francis during his audience with entrepreneurs attending the 'Fortune-Time Global Forum' in Vatican City, Dec. 3, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774a9850c696959b/6988b3b6fb4eac28fe8903f4/pope_francis_time_global_forum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Pope Francis Inspired These CEOs](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4610526/how-pope-francis-inspired-these-ceos/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![Pope Francis Visits Philippines - Day 2](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4502ff22e760b5b/6988b07886f68e24976e2d5e/pope-francis-161203.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Pope Francis: We Must Listen to the Voices of the Poor](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4589651/pope-francis-global-forum/)  
byAndrew Nusca / Fortune
* ![Pope Francis meets entrepreneurs 'Fortune-Time Global Forum'](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf90bddc50c48f887/6988b07ea988ca01626ba56f/fortune-global-forum-pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Read TIME and Fortune's Global Forum Report on Ending Poverty](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4589745/fortune-time-global-forum-report/)  
byNancy Gibbs
* ![President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a stop at U.S. Bank Arena on December 1, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt786bc5cf00473268/6988b07e2dce0134269eb9d1/donald-trump-election-proximity.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How 'Proximity' Helped Elect Donald Trump President](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4589404/donald-trump-election-proximity/)  
byBrian O'Keefe / Fortune
* ![Fazle Hasan Abed, chairman of BRAC Bank Ltd., speaks during the Advancing Asia Conference in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, March 12, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt667a282c61957838/6988b074bc6cfcc9d83df7cc/fazle-hasan-abed-ngo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[3 Key Lessons to Starting a Successful NGO, According to an Effective Poverty Fighter](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4589170/fazle-hasan-abed-ngo-lessons/)  
byClaire Zillman / Fortune
* ![2016 Time 100 Gala](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b5ee858a9e6a5b/6988b063e20a875fc8a9365b/gettyimages-524776840.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Businesses Can Help Boost Basic Health Care](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4588716/businesses-boost-health-care/)  
byAdam Lashinsky / Fortune


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4f5f583ccc4486a/6988b0612dce012c719eb9a9/untitled-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Why Powerful Women Are Good for the World Economy](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4588650/women-economic-empowerment-fortune-time-global-forum/)  
byNancy Gibbs
* ![VATICAN-ITALY-RELIGION-SLAVERY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt891663bbf4895797/6988b0600b72e37ec96ebede/gettyimages-479219721.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson Says CEOs Can Be 'Partners With God'](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4588648/time-fortune-global-peter-turkson-ghana/)  
byNina Easton / Fortune
* ![Pope Francis in Kenya](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd96028a852a2b46f/6988ae57cd1bbaaac3703162/pope-francis-nairobi-global-vatican-forum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How _Fortune_, _TIME_ and Over 100 Business Leaders Are Forging a New Social Impact](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4567756/fortune-time-vatican-global-forum-business/)  
byClifton Leaf / Fortune
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8696ebfb5eaa18d/6988ae54e20a8751f4a9335f/vaticanglobalforumlede.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Entrepreneur Leila Janah Is Working to Transform the Caregiving Industry](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4588643/time-global-forum-leila-janah/)  
byClaire Zillman / Fortune
* ![Sir Richard Branson Press Conference](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d0415602d720a7d/6988ace5cd1bbac7b7702f84/gettyimages-615449588.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Why Richard Branson and Other Billionaires Are Attacking the Way We Do Business](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4588637/fortune-global-forum-business-branson/)  
byGeoff Colvin / Fortune
* ![light-bulb](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a3972a6e91b6e79/69878273cd1bba3f076f58ee/526942455-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How to Solve the World's Most Pressing Problem](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4570329/how-to-solve-the-worlds-most-pressing-problem/)  
byRana Foroohar


* ![Pope Francis shakes hands with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a meeting at the Vatican on Aug. 29, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ed6c0c13d4a37af/6988a3f7f887dc25d1e9736b/pope-francis-mark-zuckerberg.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Mark Zuckerberg Connects With Pope Francis During Trip to Italy](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4470472/mark-zuckerberg-pope-francis-italy/)  
byMahita Gajanan
* ![Drought In Jammu And Kashmir, 10 Villages Affected](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f22a8a6b864c769/698891cfa988ca8c6a6b7b56/gettyimages-524959648.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Water Scarcity Could Cut Growth by 6% in Some Economies, the World Bank Says](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4317409/water-scarcity-economy-world-bank-climate-change/)  
byMark Rivett-Carnac
* ![PTTOW\! Annual Summit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e0967deb1fa81bf/6988acbb428a9e5059cd4dc2/gerald-chertavian-youth-opportunity-gap.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How the 'Opportunity Divide' Threatens America's Economic Future](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4555476/gerald-chertavian-opportunity-divide/)  
byGerald Chertavian / Fortune
* ![Melinda Gates arrives at the The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast at Milk Studios in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec875ab0b2a1c3a8/6988a608fb4eac489a88f1a8/melinda-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Melinda Gates: The U.N. Must Focus on Gender Equality](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4493733/melinda-gates-unga/)  
byKirsten Salyer
* [Foreign-Born Workforce at Two Decade High](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4343274/foreign-born-labor-data-2015/)  
byDaniel White
* [How Technology Can Close the Education Gap](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587255/marcelo-claure-technology-education-gap/)  
byMarcelo Claure


* [Better Tech Can Reach More Sick People Than Ever Before](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587402/novartis-joe-jimenez-techology-health-care/)  
byJoe Jimenez
* ![Joe Kaeser, chief executive officer of Siemens AG, pauses during a news conference to announce a joint bid with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for Alstom SA, in Paris on June 17, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993a1d94ab7e1e9f/6988b04a2dce015d8d9eb997/joe-kaeser-siemens-vatican-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[To Beat Climate Change, Digitalize the Electrical World](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587228/joe-kaeser-climate-change-energy/)  
byJoe Kaeser
* [Starting A New Conversation For Women](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587281/catherine-engelbert-gender-equality/)  
byCatherine Engelbert
* [Eliminating Waste Can Feed the Hungry—All of Them](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587716/rockefeller-foundation-judith-rodin-food-waste/)  
byJudith Rodin
* [The Beauty of Building a Social Mission](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587743/paypal-dan-schulman-social-mission/)  
byDan Schulman
* [Rebuilding the Dignity of Work](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587778/damon-silvers-dignity-of-work/)  
byDamon Silvers


* [Businesses Can Build the Workforces They Need](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587628/ge-john-rice-workforce-training/)  
byJohn Rice
* [Restoring Capitalism’s Good Name](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587730/lynn-forester-de-rothschild-inclusive-capitalism/)  
byLynn Forester de Rothschild
* [How We Can Make the Healthiest Generation in History](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587801/alex-gorsky-healthiest-generation/)  
byAlex Gorsky
* [Do Well or Do Good? We Can Do Both](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587458/andrew-liveris-inclusive-economy/)  
byAndrew Liveris
* [It’s Time for a New Measurement of Prosperity](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587494/marchionni-measuring-prosperity/)  
byFederica Marchionni
* [Business Can Help Feed Children in Need—But Not Alone](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587607/campbell-soup-denise-morrison-food-insecurity/)  
byDenise Morrison


* [How Data Can Help Farmers Protect the Earth](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587335/monsanto-ceo-hugh-grant-data-science-climate-change/)  
byHugh Grant
* [We Must Harness the Power of Carbon Capture](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587891/ben-van-beurden-carbon-capture/)  
byBen Van Beurden
* [The View from the Vatican](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587751/archbishop-of-washington/)  
byCardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington
* [How to Create “New” Collar Jobs](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587758/how-to-create-new-collar-jobs/)  
byGinni Rometty
* ![Virgin America's Denver Launch](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bac823ff7fc9e46/6988b04c0a4a2273cd9cc368/richard-branson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Great Climate Change Savior? It’s Pragmatism](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587804/richard-branson-climate-change/)  
byRichard Branson
* [Looking for Answers to the World's Biggest Challenges In the Eternal City](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4587689/looking-for-answers-to-the-worlds-biggest-challenges-in-the-eternal-city/)  
byRana Foroohar


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaca65fc095836a4a/6988b053cf40a86115c45bc6/startup1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Startups Can Diversify](/collections/vatican-global-forum/4588120/how-startups-can-diversify/)  
bySteve Case

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