Astronomers Meeting in Rome Share Discoveries
Thursday, September 23, 2010
ROME (CNS)—Normally filled with theology students, the creaking
classroom seats of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas were
crammed with planetary scientists and astronomers from all over the
world.
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Jesuit Rebuts Hawking's Claim That God Didn't Create Universe
Thursday, September 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS)—A Jesuit priest who is former president of Gonzaga
University in Spokane, Wash., has taken to YouTube and his blog to rebut
arguments raised by British physicist Stephen Hawking, who says in a
new book that God had no role in creating the universe.
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150th Anniversary of Darwin's 'Origin of the Species'
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Charles Darwin's landmark book Origin of the Species was published on November 24, 1859. Today, 150 years later, it's still controversial.
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)—Prominent Catholic cell biologist Kenneth
Miller called for insistence on rigorous science and a clear
distinction between science and a scientist's personal opinions as he
helped open a Darwin conference Nov. 1 at the University of Notre Dame.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Life emerged on earth thanks to a 12 billion-year-old process of stars caught in a cycle of collapsing, re-forming and collapsing again, said the former director of the Vatican Observatory.
Friday, June 26, 2009
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Friday, June 26, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican and Italian observatories have teamed
up to display for the first time numerous precious instruments and
books documenting the birth and development of stargazing in Italy.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—As scholars and theologians continue to debate the heresy trial of Galileo Galilei, a Vatican official said that a failure to understand the boundaries between faith and science was at the heart of the Church's condemnation of his ideas.
Monday, June 01, 2009
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Monday, June 01, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The 400-year-old case of Galileo Galilei and the Inquisition still serves as a valid warning that scientists should not presume to teach the Church about faith and that the Church must approach scientific discoveries with great caution, said the prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives.
Friday, July 03, 2009
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Friday, July 03, 2009
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TUCSON, Ariz. (CNS)—The Vatican supports the work of astronomers to learn "what is true" and "to show this truth is not opposed to the truth of our faith," said Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
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Sunday, April 05, 2009
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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COLOGNE, Germany (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has said that he sees no conflict between faith and science in the exploration of the universe's development, but he has criticized those who see evolution as an explanation for everything.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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