Kresta in the Afternoon – July 2, 2024 – Hour 1

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: July 2, 2024 Published in: Al Kresta

We share the last of our discussions from Acton U, including a look at Pope Francis and Catholic Social Teaching with Philip Booth, and the importance of Conscience with David Deavel.

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Catholic Social Teaching and the “Economy of Francis”

Pope Francis has made a number of statements on economic matters that have led critics to describe him as “left wing” or even “Marxist”. The reality is different. Philip Booth examines Pope Francis’ Catholic social teaching.

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Notes from Philip’s talk

philip booth — Philip Booth is professor of finance, public policy, and ethics and director of Catholic Mission at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham (the U.K.’s largest Catholic university). He was also academic and research director at the Institute of Economic Affairs from 2002 to 2016 and senior academic fellow there from 2016 to 2021. His books include Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy.

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Conscience: What it is and Why we need it

“Conscience” and “conscience rights” are not terms used as much as they used to be. Yet a notion of conscience is essential to understanding why freedom is necessary and to what it is directed. We talk more with David Deavel.

David-Deavel — David P. Deavel the co-editor of Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West. He is visiting assistant professor of Catholic studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and editor of LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.

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Silent Suffering: Poems of Pain and Purpose

Each epoch of history brings stories of pain, triumph, oppression, freedom, purpose, suffering, grief, and joy. Leslie Corbly joins us to explore the depths of the human experience through an exploration of the present moment, a time in which postmodern, progressive ideas reign as the societal benchmark for goodness, justice, beauty, and—ironically—truth.

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Leslie’s website