[caption id="attachment_14487" align="alignright" width="250"] Filipino mothers hold their newly born babies in Manila, March 4. Pope Francis said businesses are called to promote harmony between work and family for their employees, especially for women with children or who are starting families. (CNS photo/Ritchie B. Tongo, EPA) See POPE-WORK-MATERNITY Nov. 2, 2015.[/caption]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Businesses are called to promote harmony between work and family for their employees, especially for women with children or who are starting families, Pope Francis said.
The pope said that many times, women who announce their pregnancy are fired from their positions, when instead they "must be protected and helped in this dual task: the right to work and the right to motherhood."
"The challenge is to protect their right to a job that is given full recognition while at the same time safeguarding their vocation to motherhood and their presence in the family," the pope said Oct. 31 in an audience with the Christian Union of Italian Business Executives.
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