Brother Guy Consolmango, SJ, an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, will give an online talk and chat today at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. Just go to this link. The online edition of the Arizona Daily Star will host the “cosmic chat.” Brother Guy spends much of his time in Arizona at the Vatican Observatory Research [...]
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The physicist Stephen Hawking has published a new book, The Grand Design, in which he confidently asserts that the universe created itself–no gods required, as he writes in The Wall Street Journal. Robert Spitzer, SJ, thinks this is a dubious argument. If you’re interested in the science and religion debates, read Fr. Spitzer’s takedown of [...]
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Jose Funes, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, talks to New Scientist about his work and the relationship between religion and science. Is the conflict between intelligent design and evolution an example of an “apparent” conflict between science and religion? No, that is a real conflict. The problem is when religion enters the world of [...]
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The Jesuit theologian Walter Burghardt once described contemplation as “a long, loving look at the real.” As I understand him, he meant that to the extent that we behold the world as God has made it, come to see its contours designed lovingly by a loving creator, we become aware of the presence of the [...]
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Two Jesuit astronomers talk about “Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God” on NPR. Richard Blake, SJ, on his vocation. (“I knew I wanted to be a priest maybe four or five years after I was ordained.”) Brian O’Leary, SJ, on the search for meaning from an Ignatian perspective. Find God at Other6 (if you [...]
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Brother Guy Consolmango, SJ, whom we’ve featured here before, talks to Stephen Colbert about the theological implications of the possibility of life on other planets. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Gold, Frankincense and Mars – Guy Consolmagno www.colbertnation.com
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Meet Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, an astronomer who works at the Vatican Observatory Research Group at the Mount Graham Observatory in Arizona. Brother Guy is a popular writer as well as a working astronomer. See his article “Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance,” a piece about the place of faith in science, which concludes: [...]
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NASA has announced that its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will strike the Cabeus A crater near the south pole of the moon in early October. The crater is named for Niccolo Cabeo (1586-1659), a Jesuit philosopher and scientist. It turns out that 35 craters on the moon have been named after Jesuit [...]
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