Meritocracy shouldn’t worsen inequality, says Pope

Meritocracy shouldn’t worsen inequality, Pope Francis said Monday. (Pixabay photo)

ROME – Meritocracy shouldn’t worsen inequality, Pope Francis said Monday.

“This problem of inequality can be aggravated by a false conception of meritocracy that undermines the notion of human dignity,” he said as he received in audience at the Vatican the participants in the “Minerva Dialogues” meeting promoted by the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

“The recognition and reward of merit and human effort have a foundation, but there is a risk of conceiving the economic advantage of a few as earned or deserved, while the poverty of many is seen, in a certain sense, as their fault”.