Fr. Sirico on Why Catholic Teaching Rejects Socialism, Marxism and Antisemitism | Real Talk

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Fr. Robert Sirico joins PragerU CEO @realtalkwithmarissa to discuss his journey from left-wing activism in Hollywood to becoming a leading defender of free markets and of virtue. They examine why socialism confuses coercion with compassion, why families and faith—not government—form moral citizens, and why the right is not immune from chaos, conspiracy, and spiritual confusion. Fr. Robert Sirico reminds viewers Catholics must reject antisemitism and resist using the Church for political or financial power.

00:00 Fr. Robert Sirico’s unlikely journey from socialist activist to Catholic priest
12:53 His gangster brother, The Sopranos, and a family unlike any other
18:02 The Holocaust, compassion, and what forms moral conscience
23:44 Chaos on the Left—and now on the Right
27:39 Catholicism, anti-Semitism, and the Jewish roots of Christianity
33:34 Loyalty, truth, and what to do when friends go wrong
38:13 Why economics matters more than politics
40:30 What the parables reveal about socialism, markets, and envy
56:23 Is it wrong to like nice things? Beauty, capitalism, and the good life
1:00:24 Should religious leaders stay out of politics?
1:07:04 The Acton Institute and the moral case for a free society
1:10:20 Why classical education is growing
1:14:17 Catholicism “on one foot”
1:17:18 Truth, gentleness, and the antidote to cultural chaos

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