True justice begins with seeing and believing in the dignity of every human person. It beginswith recognizing God’s image in each of our neighbors, and it proceeds with service that corresponds with thattranscendenttruth.When distortions manifest, the destruction varies. But it alwaysbegins with a failure to rightly relate to this simple reality. Thus, transformation often begins with a basicshift in our perceptions about others; how weseetransforms how we serve. It shouldn’t surprise us, then, that this can begin with something as...

Acton Institute President and Co-founder Rev. Robert A. Siricotook to the airwaves in Detroit this morning with guesthost Jason Vines on WJR Radio’s The Frank Beckmann Show to discuss the oft-overlooked fact that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was first and foremost a Christian pastor – theReverendDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In many current day remembrances of King, his status as a Christian pastor seems to be downplayed or altogether ignored, instead portraying him as more of a generic “civil...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion at Calvin College, hosted by the Paul B. Henry Institute, focusing on challenges facing the next president. The topic of this inaugural panel for the series was “The Environment,” and there was what I thought was a very worthwhile conversation with Jamie Skillen of Calvin’s Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies department, moderated by Micah Watson of Calvin’s political science department. I had the chance to prepare some opening...

The headline at CNN was surprising: “Under Sanders, e and jobs would soar, economist says”; the opening paragraph of their article even more so: Median e would soar by more than $22,000. Nearly 26 million jobs would be created. The unemployment rate would fall to 3.8%. Those are just a few of the things that would happen if Bernie Sanders became president and his ambitious economic program were put into effect, according to an analysis given exclusively to CNNMoney. The...

Earlier today Pope Francis, while answering a questionabout Donald Trump’s views on immigration, said that anyone who wants to build a wall isn’t a Christian.Trump responded by saying, “for a religious leader to question someone’s faith is disgraceful”adding, “If ISIS attacks the Vatican, which is their ultimate trophy, I bet the Pope would wish Donald Trump was president.” Rev. Robert A. Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, will discuss the controversy tonight on the Fox News Channel program,...

The single best weapon against poverty in America is a full-time job. In 2014 the poverty rate among married couples was 6 percent; the poverty rate among married couples who both have full-time jobs was 0.001 percent. In 2014, the Census Bureau poverty rate for a family of two was $15,379 and for a family of five was $28,695. An individual working 40 hours a week for minimum wage earns $15,080 per year. If both couples work their earnings total...

What is the issue about? In December, 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California. The two terrorists, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, were later killed in a shootout with police. Law enforcement recovered Farook’s iPhone 5c, which they believe may contain information relevant to the terror investigation. Farook’s iPhone is protected by a passcode set to wipe the contents of the smartphone after 10 attempts to log in with...

The continent of Africa has so much space that you could fit most of the United States, China, India, and a lot of Europe onto it. But if pare Africa to Europe, Europe has two to three times the length of coastline that Africa has. Why does that matter? Because, as this fascinating video by Marginal Revolution University explains, coasts mean access to water which makes trade easier and increases economic growth. As the video explains, economic growth is not...

This afternoon, Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico joinedhost Neal Cavuto on Fox Business Network’sCavuto Coast to Coast ment on the strange back-and-forth between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Pope Francis. After the jump, we’ve posted audio of Rev. Sirico’s appearance this morning on the Chris Salcedo Showon KSEV radio in Houston, Texas to discuss the same issue. ...

We’ve had a burst of media activity this week; let’s round up some of Acton’s activity on the airwaves: Monday, February 15 Todd Huizinga, Acton’s Director of International Outreach, joined the FreedomWorks podcast to discuss his newly released bookThe New Totalitarian Temptation: Global Governance and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe. Tuesday, February 16 Kishore Jayabalan, Director of Istituto Acton in Rome, is a native of Flint, Michigan, and recently spent some time in his hometown. WJR Radio in Detroit...