I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth and not ruled by it, Pope tells Davos élite

This week business leaders and industrialists began meeting in the Swiss town of Davos for the 44th World Economic Forum. Professor Klaus Schwab, the event’s founder and Executive Chairman, invited Pope Francis to send a message to the gathering. It was not the first time that a Christian leader has addressed the gathering – the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, spoke there in 2010. But this year’s invitation to Pope Francis followed a succession of forthright criticisms from the papal pen of growing global inequality and the subsequent marginalisation of the poor. Francis' message is below: I am very grateful for your kind invitation to address the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, which, as is customary, will be held at Davos-Klosters at the e