The Legacy of Pope Francis

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with the Acton Institute’s Stephen Barrows, chief operating officer, and John Pinheiro, director of research, about the life and legacy of Pope Francis. This wide-ranging conversation covers Pope Francis’s perspective on the market, the environment, liturgy, synodality, business, ecumenicism, and the poor. Which parts of Pope Francis’s legacy will endure? What was his contribution to the life of the Catholic Church?   Requiem Aeternam: Pope Francis (1936–2025) | John Pinheiro & Michael Matheson Miller Pope Francis’ Plea for Migrants and Acton’s Core Principles | Stephen Barrows Pope Francis and the Caring Society | Robert M. Whaples, ed. Can a Capitalist Society Also Be a Caring Society? | Robert Whaples Pope Francis changed the Catholic church, but not as much as he hoped | The Economist Laudato Si' (May 24, 2015) | Pope Francis Pope Francis's Authority in Laudato Si | National Review Message of the Holy Father to French Entrepreneurs (Paris, August 28–29, 2023) Declaration Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings (December 18, 2023) Pope Francis’ Legacy of Question Marks | Francis X. Maier Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis on the Role of Literature in Formation (July 17, 2024) Full text: Pope Francis' in-flight press conference from Armenia | Catholic News Agency From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran–Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017 | The Lutheran World Federation theology matters: A New Doctor of the Church (St. Gregory of Narek) | Mark Del Cogliano Lumen Gentium | Pope Paul VI Ut Unum Sint (May 25, 1995) | John Paul II Dominus Iesus |Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger