Reverend Sirico: Ruthless in the Pursuit of Truth, Gentle With People

Father Robert Sirico shares the unlikely path that led him to the priesthood — from protesting alongside Jane Fonda to a political transformation sparked by a chance encounter with a conservative friend, who handed him Bastiat, Hayek, and Milton Friedman and unraveled everything he thought he knew. Now president emeritus of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, Father Sirico makes the moral case against socialism without abandoning genuine compassion for the poor.   Memorable Quotes from Reverend Sirico:  "if you want to feed the poor, you have to be able to build a factory that makes bread." " We must be ruthless in our pursuit of the truth always, but always gentle with people." Advocating even a soft form of anti-Semitism is by itself renouncing Jesus Christ." "If you want to feed the poor, you have to be able to build a factory that makes bread." "The socialism of the early Christians said, 'all that is mine is yours.' The socialism of today says, 'all that is yours is mine.'" — Rev. Sirico, quoting Winston Churchill Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCblDlKsPVQ&t=753s   Tony Sirico's Introduction of Rev. Robert A. Sirico at the Acton 20th Anniversary Dinner    • Tony Sirico's Introduction of Rev. Robert ...   ‪@actoninstitute‬