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Babel, Jerusalem, and Pope Leo XIV
Last week, Religion & Liberty Online published a symposium of four essays that responded thoughtfully to the Magnifica humanitas, the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV.
The first of these, by Acton’s Director of Research and Publications, D...
The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas
In the second of several short, interdisciplinary essays for Religion & Liberty Online by Acton Institute research fellows on Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, Acton COO, Dr. Stephen Barrows, argues that the ability of a...
Freedom and Responsibility
In the first of several short, interdisciplinary essays for Religion & Liberty Online by Acton Institute research fellows on Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, Dr. John Pinheiro, Director of Research and Publications at A...
AI and Catholic Social Teaching
Soon after his election as the 267th Successor of Peter, Robert Cardinal Prevost explained why he chose the name of Pope Leo XIV:
“Pope Leo XIII in his historic encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the...
Christianity and the Founders' Liberalism
On May 19, 2026, Law & Liberty published a review of The Christian Roots of American Liberty: A Reader (Acton Institute, 2026), the new book edited by Acton’s Director of Research & Publications, Dr. John Pinheiro, and Research Fellow, Dr....
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Promoting a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.
Dan Hugger is Editorial and Research Fellow at the Acton Institute. He also host of Acton Line Podcast. Dan is the editor of two books 'Lord Acton: Historical and Moral Essays' and 'The Humane Economist: A Wilhelm Röpke Reader'.
John C. Pinheiro, historian, author, speaker, and Director of Research at the Acton Institute.
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