Faith and Science Archives

Eclipse thrills, inspires viewers to admire the precision of creation
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 22, 2017
A Catholic parish hosted an eclipse-watching party, as parishioners and visitors wonder at God’s creation. Some travelers made their way to a field the parish owns across the street from the church. Spots were going for $10. Some stayed overnight, camping in tents or in the back of their vehicle. Others, arrived in the pre-dawn hours eager to catch the spectacle.
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Scientists, theologians ponder if biology and religion go together
- Global Church, Religion News Service
- July 30, 2017
“Nature is so complex and rich and that prompts questions about why on earth is this the case? If you’re an atheist, how do you explain a universe that seems to have the capacity to produce these things in the first place?” asked Alister McGrath, an Oxford theologian who is director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion that hosted the conference at Oxford.
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Artificial intelligence ethics the same as other new technology
- Interviews
- July 29, 2017
The greatest worry for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not that it will become sentient and then try to kill us, or raise questions of computers achieving personhood and challenging human uniqueness; but rather whether this very powerful technology will be used – by humans – for good or for evil.
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Vatican cardinal on a quest for the soul inside the machine

June 28, 2017

Modern technological advances are calling into question what it means to be human. Biotechnology is changing people from guardians into creators. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi says these new technologies “have ethical and cultural implications that need to be considered.”

Vatican stargazers look for divine inspiration

Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican observatory, says, “It (science) always makes my faith stronger because it makes my relationship with the Creator much richer. When I go to pray, the God I encounter in prayer I compare with the God I encounter in creation. And see it is the same God.”

Catholic scientists converge in Chicago to ask big questions

Could there be other planets that harbor life? Is it possible that there might be multiple universes? What is the origin of the cosmos? Catholic and non-Catholic scientists from all over the world are meeting in Chicago for a conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists to focus on the answers to these big questions.