Robert Sirico
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The Rev. Robert Sirico |
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| Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
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| Diocese | Grand Rapids |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1989 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Robert Alan Sirico |
| Born |
June 23, 1951 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | President of the Acton Institute |
| Profession | Priest, author, co-founder and president of the Acton Institute |
| Alma mater |
Los Angeles City College (A.A.) 1978 University of Southern California (B.A.) 1981 The Catholic University of America (M.Div.) 1987 |
Robert Alan Sirico (born June 23, 1951) is an American Roman Catholic priest, and the founder of the Acton Institute of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a political and cultural commentator.
Sirico was raised in a Catholic family in Brooklyn, New York, but by his early teenage years he had left the Church. He received an associate's degree from Los Angeles City College, studied at St. Mary's University College, London, and received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Southern California. Sirico holds dual Italian and American citizenship. His older brother is The Sopranos actor Tony Sirico.
On May 10, 1972, Sirico publicly declared his homosexuality and became a gay rights activist. He subsequently joined and served as a Pentecostal minister in the Metropolitan Community Church. Sirico initially promoted left-wing politics, but after a time he began to realize he did not agree with the principles of socialism.
A deeper study of the Christian anthropology led to his return to the Catholic Church in 1977, and later to the writings of St. Augustine. The biography of Blessed John Henry Newman moved him to consider the priesthood. He received an M.Div. from The Catholic University of America in 1987 and was ordained a Paulist priest in 1989. He was assigned to the Catholic Information Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan and soon thereafter founded the Acton Institute.
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