“You have never encountered a mere mortal.” Men are either “immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.” Even at the beginning of an Acton conference its always popular to quote C.S. Lewis. But its more than popular – the quote is true and it was this truth of the basic, intrinsic value of the human person with which Father Sirico opened a conference ranging in topic from entrepreneur work to globalization, from social justice to Christian love, from anthropology to economics.
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