"Pope Francis may be only the world′s third-greatest leader (behind Theo Epstein and Jack Ma, according to Fortune), but his 2014 endorsement of impact investing was still a big deal. Last year, the Vatican doubled down at a second conference to explore how the church and faith-based institutions can ’harness the power of impact capital to attain and sustain their social mission.’"

[COMMENTARY] Religious leaders of almost all faiths are increasingly promoting the importance of private capital in assisting in their faith’s social, economic, and environmental goals. This account of Catholics’ increasing impact investing investments demonstrates what is happening today.
More Catholic capital flows toward impact investing, by Marina Leytes, Impactalpha, USA.