The Acton Institute maintains a vigorous editorial outreach, especially through its president, Rev. Robert A. Sirico. This site maintains an archive of many of his essays and reviews.

1. Church and Religious Freedom
2. International Trade Policy
3. Welfare Reform and Private Charity
4. Markets and Culture
5. Environmental Stewardship
6. Corporate Governance

Church and Religious Freedom

• "The Reagan Moral Vision" published on the Acton website (June 8, 2004)
• "Senators Unjustly Revive Religious Test for Judges" The Detroit News (August 30, 2003)
• "Federal Grants Erode Independence of Churches" The Detroit News (July 26, 2003)
• "A Godless Constitution for Europe" The Providence Journal (July 17, 2003)
• "Love of Freedom, Faith Sustain us Since September 11" The Detroit News (June 27, 2002)
• "Faith and Freedom: In praise of religious liberty" Wall Street Journal (December 25, 2001)
• "We can overcome Christmas despair" The Detroit News (December 24, 2001)
• "Religion Returns: No Longer are Politicians Jeered for Invoking God" Investor's Business Daily (November 15, 2001)
• "Religion Can Change the World for Better" The Grand Rapids Press (October 20, 2001)
• "No Compromise on Stem Cells" The Wall Street Journal (July 11, 2001)
• "More God, Less Government" San Fransisco Chronicle (February 18, 2001)
• "A Christian, a Citizen" The New York Times (January 17, 2001)
• "The Pope's Nostra Culpa" The Wall Street Journal (March 15, 2000)
• "Columbine Book Says Much about Loving Mom" The Detroit News (December 22, 1999)
• "Peace and Trade, not Sanctions, Will Change Iraq" National Catholic Reporter (September 24, 1999)
• "Cuba Is Part of the Pope's Evangelical Mission" The Wall Street Journal (January 23, 1998)
• "Pope's Mission to Cuba is Souls, Not Politics" The Detroit News (January 21, 1998)
• "Christmas Comes to Cuba" The New York Times (December 19, 1997)
• "Are They Bishops or Pawns?" The Weekly Standard (January 1, 1996)
• "The Bishop's Big Economic Tent" The Wall Street Journal (December 10, 1996)
• "Invading the Confessional" The Washington Times (June 12, 1996)
• "The Pope's Warning on the Welfare State" The Indianapolis Star (August 23, 1993)
• "The Church: Lobbyist for the Welfare State" The Detroit News (December 20, 1992)

International Trade Policy

• "Opening Trade Morally Benefits All People" The Detroit News (November 11, 2003)
• "A New Liberation Theology" Analitica (May 22, 2003)
• "Don't Blame Globalization for Moral Problems, says Father Sirico" ZENIT (February 28, 2002)
• "Letter From Peru: Drug Crops Grow As Peasants Lack Right To Property" Investor's Business Daily (May 31, 2001)
• "It's Time to Do Unto Cuba as We Do Unto China" The Wall Street Journal (July 5, 2000)
• "Isolation of China is not the answer" The Detroit News (May 26, 2000)
• "China's Road From Serfdom" The Wall Street Journal (February 8, 2000)
• "Peace and Trade, not Sanctions, Will Change Iraq" National Catholic Reporter (September 24, 1999)
• "Balancing trade and religious oppression" The Washington Times (July 5, 1998)
• "Sanctions wouldn't help reduce religious persecution in China" The Detroit News (July 2, 1998)
• "Testimony In Favor of MFN Trade Status For the People’s Republic of China" House Ways and Means Committee (June 17, 1998)
• "Should The IMF Bail Out Asia?" National Catholic Register (March 8, 1998)
• "Cuba Is Part of the Pope's Evangelical Mission" The Wall Street Journal (January 23, 1998)
• "Pope's Mission to Cuba is Souls, Not Politics" The Detroit News (January 21, 1998)
• "Christmas Comes to Cuba" The New York Times (December 19, 1997)
• "China and the Trade Warriors" The Wall Street Journal (June 11, 1997)

Welfare Reform and Private Charity

• "Act Empowers Private Charities to Help the Poor" The Detroit News (June 14, 2003)
• "New Bill Improves Incentives to Give" The Detroit News (November 26, 2001)
• "Getting the Charity Debate Back on Track" The New York Times (July 2, 2001)
• "Charities Fill the Welfare Gap" The Washington Times (April 13, 2001)
• "Religious Charities Do It Better" Investor's Business Daily (February 2, 2001)
• "Ethics and the Budget Debate" Forbes (February 26, 1996)
• "Escape From the Welfare Trap" The Washington Times (September 1, 1995)
• "Giving a Boost to Private Charity" The Washington Times (June 1, 1995)
• "Putting 'Voluntarism' to the Test" The Washington Times (August 1, 1995)
• "Why Reform Welfare" The Kent County Republican Rap-Tab (Fall, 1995)
• "Can Charities Make Up For Welfare Reform?" The Tablet (April 22, 1995)
• "Charities on the Dole" The Wall Street Journal (March 31, 1995)
• "Welfare and Abortion Mix Too Well" The Detroit News (March 19, 1995)
• "The U.S. After the Welfare State" American Civilization (March 1995)
• "Samaritan's Dilemma" Forbes (April 25, 1994)
• "Welfare State Fails in its Compassion" The Detroit News (March 14, 1993)
• "The Church: Lobbyist for the Welfare State" The Detroit News (December 20, 1992)

Markets and Culture

• "When Theory Met Practice" The Wall Street Journal (March 19, 2004)
• "Monopolies and anti competition laws hit Bahamas growth prospects" The Tribune (March 19, 2004)
• "Yanking Offensive Mags Isn't Censorship" Grand Rapids Press (October 27, 2003)
• "Free Enterprise Protects the Right to Sell--Or Not" Sun Herald (October 7, 2003)
• "Legitimacy Test: The U.N. Moral-Authority Problem" National Review Online (September 6, 2003)
• "Firms and Workers Have a Right to Earn a Living" The Detroit News (June 14, 2003)
• "Father Sirico On Capitalism And Christianity" Investor's Business Daily (March 10, 2000)
• "Buchanan's Long March" May 8, 2002
• "Free Markets and the Profit of Solidarity" "Globalization, Economy, and the Family" conference (November 27, 2000)
• "An Unjust Sacrifice" The New York Times (September 28, 2000)
• "More Capitalism Assists Families in Recapturing Holiday Time" The Detroit News (December 24, 1999)
• "Saint Businessman" Forbes (November 15,1999)
• "Terminal TV" The New York Times (November 25, 1998)
• "Human Failure Isn't Market Failure" The Wall Street Journal (November 18, 1998)
• "Is Catholic Socialism Back? " The Wall Street Journal (May 1, 1998)
• "Work is Moral and So Is Workfare" The New York Times (July 27, 1997)
• "Pro & Con: Medical Technology, Medical Ethics" Intellectual Capital (July 10, 1997)
• "The Religious Left With Its Mask Off" Forbes (July 7, 1997)
• "Kevorkian's Moral Lapse in Right to Die" The Detroit News(December 1, 1996)
• "How About a Debate, Dr. Kevorkian?" The Detroit News (October 26, 1996)
• "Don't Censor the Internet" Forbes (July 29, 1996)
• "Conservatives Have the Left on the Run" The Detroit News (July 28, 1996)
• "Ethics and the Budget Debate" Forbes (February 26, 1996)
• "A Worthy Calling" Forbes (Nov. 22, 1993)

Environmental Stewardship

• "Don't use environmental spirituality to halt prosperity" The Charlotte Observer (May 7, 2001)
• "Political Preoccupation Imperils Council" Detroit News (November 15, 1999)
• "Beware of Grafting Environmental Ideology on to Orthodox Faith" Detroit News (March 4, 1999)
• "Despoiler or Problem-solver" National Catholic Register (October 23, 1994 )
• "The Greening of American Faith" National Review (August 29, 1994)
• "The False Gods of Earth Day" Wall Street Journal (April 22, 1994)

Corporate Governance

• "The Religious Left With Its Mask Off" Forbes (July 7, 1997)
• "True Morality" Forbes (December 2, 1996)
• "Conservatives Have the Left on the Run" The Detroit News (July 28, 1996)
• "Ethics and the Budget Debate" Forbes (February 26, 1996)