Archbishop Timothy Broglio told investors at the Christian Institutional Investors Conference at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 27, 2025, that investing should be “wise, prudent, and faithful.” / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA
Washington, D.C., Oct 28, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Timothy Broglio told investors at the Christian Institutional Investors Conference (CIIC) at The Catholic University of America (CUA) that investing should be “wise, prudent, and faithful.”
Broglio, who serves as archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), welcomed guests as the keynote speaker for the annual conference, highlighting the faithful’s place in investing.
Broglio asked that throughout the conference participants pray together, study together, and share tools and frameworks, because there needs to be an “integration of principle morals into how companies invest their funds.”
The two-day conference hosted by Innovest, the Archdiocese of Denver, Alliance Defending Freedom, Catholic Benefits Association, CUA, and AmPhil welcomed more than 100 guests to the events Oct. 27–28.
The conference, which is usually held in Denver, is taking place in the nation’s capital, and organizers called it a “transformative gathering of Christian institutional leaders, investors, and decision-makers dedicated to aligning financial stewardship with faith-based values.”
The CIIC is “designed to inspire, educate, and empower executives and board members to make impactful investment decisions that reflect their Christian beliefs,” organizers said.
The group is set to hear from dozens of leaders from the financial field and discuss the theology of investing. Discussions will focus on aligning investments with values, faith-based approaches to finances, investing in human flourishing, and building a Christian investment movement.
As attendees participate in workshops and discuss the topics, Broglio said, they need to reflect on three guiding questions. Start by asking, “What is the truth?” and then, he said, discuss “What’s the right next step?” Then plan: “How will we do it together?”
Christians’ place in investing
Catholic and Christian investors “are not merely participants … we are controlling owners,” Broglio said. He said Christian institutions hold nearly half of investments and assets in the United States, adding up to trillions of dollars.
Christians in “conversation about markets, capital, and stewardship is not new,” Broglio shared. It goes back to the Latin West and moral theology and law. He added: “Finance was born from courage and prudence and justice and fidelity.”
“‘Fides,’ or faith, should not be secularized,” Broglio said. There should be a push for public life to be “shaped by the Gospels” and “harmonizing science culture with faith.”
Within a culture that often “separates faith from life,” Broglio reminded the crowd that Christians “do have a voice.” Investors must keep faith at the center of their positions to one day enter the kingdom and be told: “Well done, good and faithful servant,” Broglio said.
“United we will strengthen our service to God,” Broglio said. The collaboration of Catholic and Christian companies and investors allows the faithful to “do more together than anyone can do alone.”
