After deadly riots, Ecuador's bishops call for 'evaluation' of prison system
- Feb 27, 2021
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Despite chance and randomness, universe still has ‘purpose’
- Oct 26, 2020
Jesuit Father Robert J. Spitzer is the president of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith and the Spitzer Center. He spoke to Crux.
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.
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