The Thomistic Institute Podcast
The Thomistic Institute Podcast
The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events,  and much more.  Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
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March 10, 2026

Is the Church Anti-Capitalist? – Fr. Jacques-Benoît Rauscher, O.P.

Is the Church Anti-Capitalist? – Fr. Jacques-Benoît Rauscher, O.P.
The Thomistic Institute Podcast
Is the Church Anti-Capitalist? – Fr. Jacques-Benoît Rauscher, O.P.
Season 13

Fr. Jacques Benoit-Rauscher explores whether the Catholic Church is truly anti-capitalist by clarifying how Catholic social doctrine distinguishes legitimate market structures from the problematic “spirit of capitalism” and proposing a prudent, Thomistic way of living faithfully within contemporary economic systems.

This lecture was given on October 30th, 2025, at University of Galway.

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About the Speakers:

A Dominican friar since 2010, Fr. Jacques-Benoît Rauscher, O.P. is Regent of Studies of the Province of France. He teaches moral theology at the Catholic University of Lyon. He is the author, among others, of Découvrez la Doctrine sociale de l’Église avant d’aller voter (Discover the Social Doctrine of the Church before Voting) (2022) and Des enseignants d’élite ? Sociologie des professeurs de classes préparatoires (Teaching Elite? Sociology of Teachers in Preparatory Classes at Grandes Écoles), published by Éditions du Cerf (2019).

Keywords: Adam Smith, Catholic Social Doctrine, Common Good, Economics, Economy of Communion, John Paul II, Marxism, Pope Francis, Rerum Novarum, Spirit of Capitalism