Covid-19

April 15, 2020

Civil society in a time of pandemic

As the coronavirus spreads, federal, state, and local governments are wrestling with how to handle the crisis. So are civil associations, churches, businesses, and families. The role of civil society is often neglected, but it could be the most important. Continue Reading...

April 14, 2020

Innovation on Easter: Church spends Sunday making masks

It was an unusual Easter Sunday in America. Due to the spread of COVID-19 and the various restrictions on social gatherings, churches across the country were pressed to explore a range of innovative alternatives—whether moving services online, offering curbside Communion, or hosting drive-in gatherings in church parking lots. Continue Reading...

April 13, 2020

Rev. Sirico on Fox Business: Coronavirus helps us appreciate human relationships

Acton Institute President and Co-founder Rev. Robert A. Sirico was interviewed on Good Friday by Neil Cavuto on the Fox Business Channel. Cavuto said he has Rev. Sirico on his program during national crises, because his priestly perspective helps people find peace. Continue Reading...

April 10, 2020

Rev. Robert Sirico addresses reopening the economy after COVID-19 on EWTN

Rev. Robert Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, discussed the proper balance between preserving public health and staving off economic collapse in a sweeping interview with Raymond Arroyo on Thursday night’s edition of EWTN’s The World Over. Continue Reading...

April 10, 2020

COVID-19 reminds us work is not just about money

We’re starting to have serious discussions about how and when to get our economy moving again. But like the medical response to the COVID-19 virus, the prospective economic cures are tentative, often conflicting and invariably contentious. Continue Reading...

April 10, 2020

COVID-19 could inspire an ‘age of dispersion’ from megacities

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the constraints of “social distancing” have inspired new waves of innovation across spheres and sectors. “Life will never be the same” has become a common refrain—an ominous nod to the steady “Zoomification” of everyday life and its looming influence on the future of work, school, church, the family and beyond. Continue Reading...

April 09, 2020

Bernie Sanders, AOC would ‘cure’ COVID-19 with ‘short-term’ socialism

California Governor Gavin Newsom raised eyebrows last week when he told Bloomberg News that he sees the global coronavirus pandemic as an “opportunity” for “reimagining a progressive era as it pertains to capitalism.” Continue Reading...

April 06, 2020

‘They want to punish the Church’: Italian priest fined for procession to fight coronavirus

The following translation is an exclusive interview that appeared in the weekend edition of the northern Italian daily La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, which has fiercely defended Italy’s religious freedom throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading...

April 06, 2020

13,000 children are being denied an education over a funding fight

Millions of schoolchildren are currently out of school under state orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, in Oregon, at least 13,000 students are being unnecessarily denied an education to benefit traditional public schools’ monopoly over education. Continue Reading...

April 03, 2020

The Great Gaetano Rebecchini: Italy’s hero succumbs to the coronavirus

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