Staff Profile: Rev. Robert A. Sirico

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Rev. Robert A. Sirico received his Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic University of America, following undergraduate study at the University of Southern California and the University of London. During his studies and early ministry, he experienced a growing concern over the lack of training religious studies students receive in fundamental economic principles, leaving them poorly equipped to understand and address today's social problems. As a result of these concerns, Fr. Sirico co-founded the Acton Institute with Kris Alan Mauren in 1990.

As president of the Acton Institute, Fr. Sirico lectures at colleges, universities, and business organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad. His writings on religious, political, economic, and social matters are published in a variety of journals, including: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the London Financial Times, the Washington Times, the Detroit News, and National Review. Fr. Sirico is often called upon by members of the broadcast media for statements regarding economics, civil rights, and issues of religious concern, and has provided commentary for CNN, ABC, the BBC, NPR, and CBS' 60 Minutes, among others.

In April of 1999, Fr. Sirico was awarded an honorary doctorate in Christian Ethics from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, and in May of 2001, Universidad Francisco Marroquin awarded him an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences. He is a member of the prestigious Mont Pèlerin Society, the American Academy of Religion, and the Philadelphia Society, and is on the Board of Advisors of the Civic Institute in Prague. Father Sirico also served on the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1994 to 1998. He is also currently pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Fr. Sirico's pastoral ministry has included a chaplaincy to AIDS patients at the National Institutes of Health and the recent founding of a new community, St. Philip Neri House in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Acton Institute maintains a vigorous editorial outreach, especially through its president, Rev. Robert A. Sirico. This site maintains an archive of many of his essays and reviews.

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International articles by this author
December 22, 2011 Contemplando il Natale
November 04, 2011 La saggezza monetaria del Vaticano
October 31, 2011 LA SABIDURÍA MONETARIA DEL VATICANO
October 14, 2011 Lavoro e deficit: l’equazione morale
October 06, 2011 Empleos y Déficits
June 22, 2011 Non se, ma come aiutare i poveri
June 02, 2011 Liberté religieuse et Liberté économique
June 02, 2011 L’option préférentielle pour les pauvres
June 02, 2011 La vocation entrepreneuriale
June 02, 2011 L'Ame de la liberté
April 01, 2011 Fé e livre mercado no Terceiro Mundo: Será que isso é a morte para o socialismo e a Teologia da Libertação?
March 03, 2011 Il pregiudizio pro – sindacalismo della dottrina cattolica
January 28, 2010 Lo spirito del Natale e Copenaghen
December 22, 2009 La riforma sanitaria minaccia ogni azione caritatevole volontaria
October 25, 2009 La filantropia non può servire due padroni
July 12, 2009 Per il Papa non può esistere una società giusta senza le persone giuste
July 07, 2008 Sir John Marks Templeton (1912-2008): A Great Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
June 22, 2008 O mistério e a moralidade do mercado – explicados!
June 22, 2008 Bento XVI: Um verdadeiro defensor da liberdade
June 22, 2008 A Economia de João Paulo II: liberdade e verdade
June 22, 2008 A verdade ao mundo: A vida de João Paulo II
June 17, 2008 A América Latina prisioneira da Teologia da Libertação
June 17, 2008 Os valores que animam a cultura
June 01, 2008 Preoccupati del potere
June 01, 2008 Liberare il Cristianesimo

Journal of Markets & Morality articles by this author
Volume 5, Number 1 Opening Remarks Spring 2002
Volume 3, Number 1 The Entrepreneurial Vocation Spring 2000
Volume 1, Number 2 The Late-Scholastic and Austrian Link to Modern Catholic Economic Thought October 1998

Religion & Liberty articles by this author
Volume 21, Number 4 The Vatican's Economic Letter Fall 2011
Volume 21, Number 3 The Church as the Bride of Caesar Summer 2011
Volume 21, Number 2 The Church's Social Teaching is One Consistent Body of Thought Spring 2011
Volume 21, Number 1 'Social Justice' is a Complex Concept Winter 2011
Volume 20, Number 3/4 Reading Centesimus Annus Summer/Fall 2010
Volume 20, Number 2 Don’t Devalue Christian Heritage Spring 2010
Volume 16, Number 4 Interest and Responsibility Fall 2006
Volume 16, Number 3 Fairness in the Market Summer 2006
Volume 16, Number 2 The Virtues of Development Spring 2006
Volume 16, Number 1 Be Wary of Power Winter 2006
Volume 15, Number 2 The Market, the Movies, and the Media Autumn 2005
Volume 15, Number 1 Papal Economics 101: Freedom and Truth Summer 2005
Volume 14, Number 6 The Church Must Remember Its Mission November and December 2004
Volume 14, Number 5 The Culture of Life, The Culture of the Market September and October 2004
Volume 14, Number 4 Boycotts Do Not Help the Poor July and August 2004
Volume 14, Number 3 Morality and Liability May and June 2004
Volume 14, Number 1 New Attitudes Toward an Old Problem January and February 2004
Volume 13, Number 6 Another Look At Compassion and Welfare November and December 2003
Volume 13, Number 4 Latin America Imprisoned in Liberation Theology July and August 2003
Volume 13, Number 3 Liberty Legitimately Constrained May and June 2003
Volume 13, Number 2 The True Goal for the Free Market March and April 2003
Volume 13, Number 1 Moral Inferiority of the Welfare State January and February 2003
Volume 12, Number 6 A Subtle Threat to Freedom November and December 2002
Volume 12, Number 5 The Phenomenon of Globalization September and October 2002
Volume 12, Number 4 Choice Brings Peace July and August 2002