The social teaching of Benedict XVI

We go back in time to April 2011, when Samuel Gregg, current senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, discussed the social teaching of Benedict XVI, illustrating how much the pope changed the focus of Christian engagement with political, social, and economic questions. Whether the subject was Islam, ecumenism, the rise and decline of the West, or simply Who is Jesus Christ , Benedict opened up discussions once considered taboo and caused even hardened secularists to rethink some of their positions. Two years after Greggs lecture, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, and Jorge Bergoglio was elected his successor, assuming the name Pope Francis. Subscribe to our podcastsAbout Samuel Gregg, AIER The Modern Papacy by Samuel Gregg