tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.comments2015-06-22T13:09:18.977-04:00Fr. Robert SiricoFr. Robert Siricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10648498409242551268noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-9223186506292439862015-03-23T07:45:36.732-04:002015-03-23T07:45:36.732-04:00I knew for sure there was a successful vote for po...I knew for sure there was a successful vote for pope when I saw the fumata in the middle of the afternoon session, even though it was difficult to tell if it was white or black. <a href="http://vaticanpage.com" rel="nofollow">Vatican</a>Elizabeth J. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824134730760179008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-66132305263510943272013-12-31T09:55:02.042-05:002013-12-31T09:55:02.042-05:00Father, your questions are precisely what needs to...Father, your questions are precisely what needs to be asked. However, your response to the exhortation seems too mild. Will you have an opportunity to have another audience with the pontiff and ask these questions? <br /><br />Improved standards of living are a by-product of individuals exercising free enterprise. What we need in this world is a moral leader that promotes liberty with moralityAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944153742806037012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-40963176798165603662013-06-07T18:17:55.799-04:002013-06-07T18:17:55.799-04:00I have often wonder about religion in its mostly a...I have often wonder about religion in its mostly arrogant opinions when it comes to free markets and entrepreneurism as greedy and ambitious and at the same time hold their hand out to be given funding for their own precious programs. I was raised in the Catholic Church from day one. I will tell you this After watching your "Call of the Entrepreneur" You should have been considered for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02053342036539437197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-87140655732205374172013-03-28T12:56:01.693-04:002013-03-28T12:56:01.693-04:00Sean, In the middle of the great confusion, that w...Sean, In the middle of the great confusion, that was that time, Fr Bergoglio -back then- was clear. He was firm with his priest as a provincial. Later on, when JP II brought him out and ordained him bishop he was also very clear. Many of his homilies and official documents are available in the internet now. And I'm sure many more will be in the near future as people publish what they know. <Gabriel Arcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149654810064746227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-60099881455289434402013-03-13T18:03:04.270-04:002013-03-13T18:03:04.270-04:00Father, I regard your opinions and analysis in gre...Father, I regard your opinions and analysis in great in high esteem and ask that you clarify a bit on the "Liberation Theology" that people say that he was embroiled in. I am so excited about our new Pope and want to ensure that there is no conflict of interest. I know back in 1983 Pope John Paul II (of happy memory) openly scolded Ernesto Cardenal who was involved in the same Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786695236238223588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-75684564709238126622013-01-20T02:47:49.778-05:002013-01-20T02:47:49.778-05:00If the Pope is really referring to greed, he shoul...If the Pope is really referring to greed, he should simply say so. There is nothing wrong with Capitalism, and there is no such thing as "unbridled Capitalism." There's free and open business done in an ethical way, and there's greed and lawbreaking and unethical practices.NoGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12158252818494278511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-88186504368049847032013-01-07T14:28:01.398-05:002013-01-07T14:28:01.398-05:00It was just over 10 years ago that I attended a TF...It was just over 10 years ago that I attended a TFAVS conference outside Seattle and it changed my entire worldview. It was there I first saw the connection you make here between capitalism and virtue. Thanks for this post, and for your leadership at Acton.<br /><br />Best,<br />Paul<br />@wpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852938742660699387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-5806430457666134152012-12-19T19:29:07.997-05:002012-12-19T19:29:07.997-05:00Evil doesn't have to make sense. It CANNOT mak...Evil doesn't have to make sense. It CANNOT make sense, for sense is a good, and evil is the absence of good. Evil is the empty gap when some good has rotted away.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768451549512515224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-57633746500158771742012-05-31T19:52:37.340-04:002012-05-31T19:52:37.340-04:00I have not read Father Sirico Free Market book but...I have not read Father Sirico Free Market book but plan do it as soon as I can. I wonder what Father Sirico's definition of the Free Market is and if we really ever experienced it. In our times, free trade and the global economy came and smashed the free enterprise system. I was raised in a small family business and had several business ventures of my own with my main experience being in theAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15555635879115959214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-69851354598985323562011-12-03T13:45:55.339-05:002011-12-03T13:45:55.339-05:00Sharp. concise analysis. Much said in few words. E...Sharp. concise analysis. Much said in few words. Edifying wit too, especially in the last paragraph. There's more to be said, but the tip of the iceberg points to its foundations. Thanks much, brother.Taproothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030191540402484149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-49209001077180003282011-06-27T17:09:49.906-04:002011-06-27T17:09:49.906-04:00The whole question could be sidestepped with a co-...The whole question could be sidestepped with a co-op instead of a corporation. If the workers are the management, then there's no need for these artificial separations.Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-23013466507847706772011-03-12T23:34:16.756-05:002011-03-12T23:34:16.756-05:00I love your article. My son is writing about a rel...I love your article. My son is writing about a relation between the church teaching and free market economy for his senior project. I am sending him<br />your blog so he can read it.<br />Thank you for your clarification is very much need it.<br />JMstellamatutinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275793278209816445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-68440849908755366432011-02-19T18:09:41.625-05:002011-02-19T18:09:41.625-05:00Father Sirico is one of the public leaders I like ...Father Sirico is one of the public leaders I like most for his bold assertiveness when stating 'Connecting Good Intentions to Sound Economics' leading to the unavoidable conclusion it's totally possible and desirable uniting faith to efficiency.Claudia Gaspar https://www.blogger.com/profile/02446698392004957517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840524002310754306.post-49071055626833775052010-11-30T03:42:23.537-05:002010-11-30T03:42:23.537-05:00Dear Robert,
I am very proud of your work sanctif...Dear Robert,<br /><br />I am very proud of your work sanctifying the role of the businessman and the entrepreneur, Paul the tentmaker would be proud as well. Of course Paul himself was asked by the leaders of the church in Jerusalem to remember the poor, which thing Paul said he was eager to do. Paul himself gave the same injuntion to Timothy, the church in Corinth, and others. The important BrentDavis1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03609830256936087002noreply@blogger.com