ANN CROTTY: A crisis of faith in business
Like the church, our economic institutions also face a crisis of faith
It’s Dublin airport late Monday morning. There are a few stragglers making their way home after the pope’s party. The mood is subdued, partly because the party is over and they’re on their way home and partly because, despite the fanfare, it was a bit of a disappointment. It was rather like bumping into Sharks’ supporters in Cape Town airport on a Monday morning after their team has been thrashed by the Stormers. They stoically look to the bigger picture, lessons learnt to enhance future performance. A few bishops who had travelled from the Caribbean told me the crowds were bigger than the media portrayed and the mood was great. A journalist travelling with the pilgrims said he’d noticed some hostile glances towards the bishops as they made their way through the streets of Dublin. Among the home crowd it was all about how many had attended the various gatherings. Not that many, as it happened. It could have been the cold, wet weather that trimmed the flock at the open-air mass to ab...
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