Violates his own 2016 statutes for organization
The appointment of Dr. Mariana Mazzucato violates Francis' own 2016 statutes, which require members to "commit themselves to promoting and defending the principles regarding the value of life and the dignity of the human person," in a way "consonant with the Church's Magisterium."
Labeled as "the world's scariest economist," the professor of "economics of innovation and public value" at University College London is "admired by Bill Gates" and "consulted by governments," according to The Times, London.
Francis' Favorite
While the economist who seeks to reform capitalism was nominally appointed on Saturday by Abp. Vincenzo Paglia, president of the academy, it was Francis who picked Mazzucato as one of 14 new ordinary members appointed to the academy, a top Vatican source told Church Militant.
Pope Francis praised Mazzucato in his book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, describing her work as "thinking that is not ideological, which moves beyond the polarization of free market capitalism and state socialism, and which has at its heart a concern that all of humanity have access to land, lodging and labor."
"As an atheist, I never thought I would love a pope this much. What a star!" Mazzucato tweeted in 2016, in response to a story on Pope Francis suggesting that Donald Trump is not a Christian and a second story on the pontiff defending humanity's "right to the environment."