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My Response to Rolling Stone Magazine’s Claim that Pope Francis is Taking on ‘Conservative U.S. Clerics’
RS cover from 2014On Sept. 10, Rolling Stone magazine published a long article titled “Pope Francis’ American Crusade — The pope takes on climate change, poverty and conservative U.S. clerics.” From the title alone you could tell where this was headed. Predictably, the magazine asserted that “deeply alarmed by the power of Francis’ message, an entire network of -right-wing Catholic organizations has been increasingly willing to push back against the Vatican.” In ticking off members of this “network” it said...
Another Rolling Stone Ruse
When es to addressing the latest hit-piece in Rolling Stone regarding the Acton Institute, Rev. Robert Sirico is front and center, top of the charts, so to speak. I’d like to take a whack at it, myself, if readers will indulge me. “Pope Francis’ American Crusade” appears in the same magazine (in)famously trumpeting liberal causes for nearly 50 years, and the very same publication with a boss worth more than $700 million, earned primarily from a magazine that applauds the...
Toward an Economics of Abundance
Over at the Reformation21 blog, Michael pares what he calls the “scarcity mindset” of the world with the “abundance mentality” of God, noting that “the world as we see it is open to the creative and transformative power of the Lord God.” Although Jensen’s portrait of civilizational progress is undeservedly bleak (if anything, we’re learning to see beyond scarcity), and although he overstates theconflict between “growing populations” and “diminishing resources” (see Matt Ridley et al), he manages toframethe basic theology...
Audio: Samuel Gregg On Pope Francis And The Market Economy
Pope Francis has described himself as having an “a great allergy to economic things,” admitting that he doesn’t understand it very well. Does this “allergy” cause him to miss the good that the market economy has done and can continue to do for the world’s poor? Acton Institute Director of Research Samuel Gregg examined that question today with host Hoppy Kercheval on Talkline on the West Virginia MetroNews radio network. Gregg discusses the impact that the market economy has had...
Politics, the Pope, and the Public Square
I have some brief thoughts up at Think Christian today about Pope Francis’ ing visit to the United States. Instead of worrying about policy proposals that many are hoping Francis will address directly, or will at least provide an excuse for them to bring up, I focus onthe power ofthe image of the Roman pontiff ascending the steps of Capitol Hill. “When the pope speaks in Congress, religion has undeniably entered the public square,” I write. Now I have had...
Institutionalized: Locked in the Welfare Stated:
The film The Shawshank Redemption is already a classic. Based on a novel by Stephen King, it tells the friendship story between two inmates from the most disparate walks of life who are bonded by their dreams of freedom (indeed, in Argentina, the film was titled Sueños de libertad –Dreams of Freedom). For what we are about to say, the plot (which the reader may find in the Internet) is not relevant. What concerns us here is this: at a...
Why the Gospel Is Necessary in Economic Development
The global conversation on poverty alleviation has taken some interesting turns over the past decade, with an increasing range of economists, government leaders, and even rock stars beginning to challenge the status quo of economic development and foreign aid. Contrary to the longstanding model of top-down solution-seeking, we are seeing a new emphasis on the power of markets and the importance of bottom-up “searchers.”And yet, even as we begin to make productive steps toward improved quality of life and widespread...
The Government Isn’t Being Honest About Hunger in America
Upon the release of the annual household food security report in 2009, President Obama said, “we received an unsettling report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that found that hunger rose significantly last year.” This month the USDA released its latest report, which claims 48 million Americans live in “food insecure” households. Does that mean nearly one in sixAmericans is going hungry? Before we answer the question we should try to “guesstimate” for ourselves what percentage of the population is...
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