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Pope Leo XIV

Babel, Jerusalem, and Pope Leo XIV

Francis X. Maier & Michael Severance on Magnifica Humanitas

Jun 1 • Acton Institute

The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas

On Technology, Markets, and Work

May 27 • Acton Institute

Freedom and Responsibility

Seven Takeaways from Magnifica Humanitas

May 26 • Acton Institute and Liberty & Order

AI and Catholic Social Teaching

New Video Series, "On The New Things"

May 22 • Acton Institute

Papal Transition

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Sky News: Father Sirico live at the Conclave, 6 p.m.

May 8, 2025 • Josh Iron Light

39:12

Sky News: Father Sirico live at the Conclave, 5 p.m.

May 8, 2025 • Josh Iron Light

11:29

Sky News: Father Sirico live at the Conclave, 3 p.m.

May 8, 2025 • Acton Institute

Fr. Robert Sirico interviewed by Daily Wire about Conclave

'I don't think there's going to be a Francis 2.0.'

May 8, 2025 • Acton Institute

Media Appearances

AI and Catholic Social Teaching

New Video Series, "On The New Things"

May 22 • Acton Institute

Pope Leo, the Human Person, and AI

No algorithm, chatbot, or language model can ever replace what makes us human.

Jul 9, 2025 • Acton Institute

The Burden of Debt and the Gift of Work

The market stems from who we are as human beings. We disrupt it at our peril.

Jun 20, 2025 • Acton Institute

What Can We Learn from Pope Leo’s First Few Weeks?

Examining the new pope’s early words and actions.

Jun 1, 2025 • Acton Institute

Migration and Immigration

Seeing Christ in the Poor

Pope Leo XIV and Dilexi Te

Oct 20, 2025 • Acton Institute

Pope Francis’ Plea for Migrants and Acton’s Core Principles

Immigration remains a complex issue that has drawn extreme responses on both left and right. A tempered and realistic approach, rooted in our highest…

Mar 20, 2025 • Stephen Barrows

Immigration, Subsidiarity, and State Sovereignty in the Age of Trump

Balancing the conflicting interests of migrants and the sovereignty of nation-states is proving increasingly difficult. The Church may have some wisdom…

Feb 12, 2025 • Acton Institute

Religious Liberty

Preserving Religious Freedom in Taiwan, the Holy See’s Way

A conversation with Chou-seng Tou, former Taiwanese ambassador to the Holy See, explores the state of the Catholic Church and religious freedom.

Oct 29, 2024 • Acton Institute

Chinese priest convicted of ‘fraud’ for refusal to recognize state-sanctioned Church

A Catholic priest in China was convicted of “fraud” and “impersonating religious personnel” on Sept.

Sep 15, 2023 • Acton Institute

Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and the Common Good

The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas

On Technology, Markets, and Work

May 27 • Acton Institute

Freedom and Responsibility

Seven Takeaways from Magnifica Humanitas

May 26 • Acton Institute and Liberty & Order

Economic Development is not a Zero-Sum Game

“By equating profit-making, as such, with evidence of greed and immorality, [the Vatican] perpetuates the harmful zero-sum mentality of mercantilism and…

Apr 13, 2024 • Acton Institute

Don’t Divinize the State

Integralists’ bid to combine church and state will result in reaction and violence against the Church, its leaders and pastors, and laypeople. Better to…

May 24, 2023 • Acton Institute

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