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- Oct 24, 2020
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Pope: Pandemic revealed world’s false securities, lack of cooperation
- Oct 7, 2020
In facing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the efforts of the scientific community can serve as an example for the world on the importance of working together for the common good, Pope Francis said.
Life on Venus? Proof God is bigger than we think, Vatican astronomer says
- Sep 17, 2020
The Vatican’s top man on all things outer space has cautioned against getting too speculative about recent findings from a group of astronomers suggesting there could be life on Venus, but said that if anything living does exist on the planet, it doesn’t change the calculus in terms of God’s relationship with humanity.
Science, religion not opposing sides in humanity’s progress, cardinal says
- Sep 3, 2020
Although technology has made leaps and bounds over the past decades, the scientific community must not isolate itself in its own advancements and exclude religion from the search for ways to overcome today’s challenges, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Vatican astronomer becomes 11th Jesuit to have an asteroid named for him
- Jun 23, 2020
Father Chris Corbally, a stellar astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, has had his name attached to a rocky body in the asteroid belt that orbits the sun in slightly less than four years.
Pray and wash: Religion joins with science amid virus crisis
- Mar 12, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted multiple religious faiths to change or cancel services as houses of worship try to help contain the disease. But some church leaders are also tackling another task: communicating a message that elevates both faith and science.
Father George Coyne, astronomer, promoter of science-theology dialogue, dies
- Feb 13, 2020
Jesuit Father George V. Coyne, who led the Vatican Observatory as its director for 28 years, got his start in the field of astronomy as a young student in formation for the priesthood by secretly studying under his blanket, flashlight in hand.
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