Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin chairs the 5th edition of the International “Economy and Society” Award, promoted by the Centesimus Annus Foundation – Pro Pontifice.
By Vatican News staff reporter
The Vatican’s Palazzo della Cancelleria hosted an award ceremony on Thursday afternoon, which saw two scholars granted the 5th International “Economy and Society” Award.
The event was presided over by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and saw Cardinals Reinhard Marx and Silvano Maria Tomasi offer congratulatory words for the award recipients.
Celebrating Church’s social doctrine
Promoted by the Centesimus Annus Foundation – Pro Pontifice, the “Economy and Society” award celebrates works that make an original contribution to the study and application of the Social Doctrine of the Church, while receiving recognition for doctrinal soundness and comprehensibility to the general public.
This year’s recipients are Patrick Riordan for his 2017 book “Recovering Common Goods” and Jaime Tatay for her 2018 book “Integral ecology and the Catholic reception of the sustainability challenge: 1891 (Rerum Novarum) – 2015 (Laudato si’).
The two winners split the cash prize of 20,000 Euro.
Supporting young researchers
The Centesimus Annus Foundation also presented two young researchers with scholarships worth 20,000 Euro.
Scholarship recipients were Sofia Horsfall, a student at Rome’s La Sapienza University studying finance and environmental sustainability, and Erminia Florio, a Postdoctoral Fellow at HEC Montreal who is researching the effects of information campaigns on young people’s intention to leave their home nations.
