Obituary

September 11, 2025

The Murder of Charlie Kirk

As has become well-known by now, on Wednesday conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, 31, was murdered during the fall kickoff of “The American Comeback Tour” held on the campus of Utah Valley University. Continue Reading...

April 21, 2025

Requiem Aeternam: Pope Francis (1936–2025)

On behalf of our colleagues, families, and friends at the Acton Institute in the United States and Rome, we express our heartfelt sorrow and the pledge of our prayers for the eternal repose of the soul of Pope Francis, the 266th Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, who passed away today at the age of 88 during the 13th year of his papacy, which began March 13, 2013. Continue Reading...

December 16, 2024

Lee Edwards: A Conservative for All Seasons

Dr. Lee Edwards, historian of the American conservative movement and self-professed “admirer of the Acton Institute and its important work,” passed away last week at the age of 92. Edwards was more than a scholar of the conservative movement: He was a pivotal person in it. Continue Reading...