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