Science and religion Archives

Gold Mass helps spread message that faith and science are compatible

Dec 27, 2019

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis held its first-ever Gold Mass Nov. 15 in the chapel of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, with about 25 Catholics working in science, engineering, technology and math participating.

By Natalie Hoefer

Science is a way to know God better, author says

Dec 27, 2019

Stacy A. Trasancos is a convert to Catholicism and an internationally recognized author, speaker, and educator on the topic of theology and science. She spoke to Crux.

By Charles C. Camosy

Jesuit priest, longtime astronomy fan, reflects on Apollo 11 anniversary

Jul 22, 2019

Jesuit Father Pedro Cartaya remembers shaking hands with astronaut Neil Armstrong.

By Cristina Cabrera Jarro

Through crackly transmission, these two eavesdropped on Apollo 11 landing

Jul 21, 2019

The NASA astronauts didn’t know it, but WHAS radio technician Larry Baysinger and his journalist friend Glenn Rutherford had tapped the frequency of the 12-watt radios — walkie talkie-type communicators — used by Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Armstrong on the moon’s surface.

By Marnie McAllister

Now-retired scientist has spent life, career showing people the stars

Jul 20, 2019

Jim O’Leary has spent the past 44 years looking up into the heavens — a space-age kid who grew up watching astronauts rocketing into the great beyond.

By Mary K. Tilghman

Humanity’s ancestors: Lucy, Toumai and the evolving journey of prehumans

Apr 14, 2019

As a follow-up to a 2013 symposium on the origin and evolution of humans, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences held a workshop discussing the latest discoveries about humanity’s earliest ancestors — where they lived and what they may have looked like millions of years ago.

By Carol Glatz