“Any entity, no matter how many tentacles it has, has a soul,” Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, has said.
Olah pointed to the distinction between the questions that correspond to scientists, and those that correspond to religion and philosophy.
And the great news is it's accessible and no gym is involved!
Pope Leo XIV praised the Vatican Observatory as a place where science, wonder, and faith meet in service of truth and creation.
As we mark the anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, a reflection from Artemis II offers a strikingly similar invitation: to see differently.
His Holiness encourages the participants to consider how mathematicians can be hopeful signs to the wider world ...
How a 17th-century Jesuit mathematician helped reform China’s imperial calendar — and quietly shaped the date of its most important festival.
This universe seems fine-tuned to support life, and if one small variable here or there was changed, the universe would lose its stability and become hostile to life.
A beautiful chant from the Liturgy reflects on the place of Christ in our universe.
We invite you to take a look at this brief series, and finish with a better understanding of 2,000 years of (sometimes messy) cooperation.
Dr. Vera Rubin, a former instructor at the Vatican Observatory Summer School and member of the Pontifical Academy of Science, was honored as part of the "American Women Quarters Program."
Addressing this year's Vatican Observatory summer school students, the Pope considered the first moments of creation: "this must be an exciting time to be an astronomer!"
Pope Leo XIV is the only one of the 133 cardinal-electors — and the only pope in history — with a math degree. Why is this a big deal?
A new book tells the story of Blessed Nicholas Steno, a remarkable priest who helped save souls but also transformed our understanding of this planet.
This is the conclusion of a seven-part series that has gone in-depth into three scientific issues in which the Church got involved. One is Galileo. The others are less known.
Looking at the writings of some cardinals -- including a saint -- and Calvin reveals that the issue wasn't science itself, but a question of good science.
In this series on the Church and Science, we can't fail to consider the most famous of the questionable cases. And we find the Vatican following the science.
