During the first four years of Pope Francis's tenure at the Vatican, the pontiff from Latin America released two social encyclicals that have touched upon various economic issues -- Evangelli gaudium (2013) and Laudato si' (2015).  To explain the background of Pope Francis's statements, we are joined by Dr. Samuel Gregg, director of research at the Acton Institute, and author on various books on markets and morality.  Dr. Gregg begins by discussing what encyclicals are, what social encyclicals...

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