Pope Francis met with members of Italy's tax collection agency at the Vatican<\/p>\n
He acknowledged that the role of tax workers is not fully appreciated in society, and that their work is essential in advancing the public good. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS As the pandemic continues to affect daily life in Italy, the Pope urged officials to not do away with Italy's healthcare system, which is publicly funded. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS The Pope said that sound tax practices are based in three principles: legality, impartiality, and transparency.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis recalled that taxes have been a necessary component of human society since ancient times, and are a reminder of the duty each individual has to one other. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 31, 2022. The Pope's appeal came during a meeting with members of Italy's tax collection agency at the Vatican.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SM4uwBojJLE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bagenziaentrateeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bagenziaentrateint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>'Your work is underappreciated in the eyes of a society that places private property at the center as an absolute and fails to subordinate it to the style of communion and sharing for the good of all.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>'Please, continue the free health care system, please! This comes from the treasury. Defend it. Because we should not fall into a paid health care system, where the poor do not have a right to anything. This is one of the beautiful things that Italy has, please, conserve it.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>'Transparency in the management of money, which comes from the sacrifices of many working men and women, reveals a freedom of mind and makes people more motivated to pay taxes, especially if tax collection helps to overcome inequality.'<\/em><\/p>\n