Ratzinger

May 30, 2019

5 Things that Christianity brings to our understanding of politics

Here is a piece I wrote for Law and Liberty on 5 Insights that Christianity Brings to Politics The relationship between Christianity and politics is a complex one. The Church has played a mixed role in the history of political liberty to be sure. Continue Reading...

May 20, 2015

Samuel Gregg On Ratzinger And A Culture Of Ignorance

We are five months into 2015, and life is still unjust. People are still ignorant and hurting each other. All the things we hope and pray for – peace, love, faith, understanding – still seem unattainable. Continue Reading...

February 15, 2013

Putting the Resignation of Benedict XVI in Perspective: Kresta in the Afternoon

This week, Istituto Acton Director Kishore Jayabalan joined Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio to discuss the historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. The special broadcast featured Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., Continue Reading...

February 12, 2013

Audio: Rev. Sirico discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation

Greg Corombus of Radio America interviewed Acton President and Co-founder Rev. Robert Sirico to discuss the resignation of Pope Benedict VXI. Rev. Sirico had this to say about Pope Benedict: I think he was more than a caretaker pope. Continue Reading...

March 08, 2012

Samuel Gregg: Benedict XVI and the Irrelevance of ‘Relevance’

In a new analysis in Crisis Magazine, Acton Research Director Samuel Gregg examines “the shifting critiques” of the pontificate of Benedict XVI including the latest appraisal that the world is losing interest in the Catholic Church particularly because of its declining geopolitical “relevance.” Continue Reading...

July 01, 2009

Preview: Pope Benedict XVI on the Market Economy and Ethics

Pope Benedict XVI’s much anticipated economics encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, is scheduled to be released early next week, according reports. For a good sense of this pope’s thinking on economics, we offer an article the then-Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger presented in 1985 at a symposium in Rome. Continue Reading...