After a delightful 10 years in the post, Sept. 19 is my official retirement date as the director of the Vatican. As I depart, I thought I would pass along a few words of advice based on my experience.
Guy Consolmagno
Guy Consolmagno, S.J., is the director of the Vatican Observatory, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Reject the cult of ‘intelligence.’ You’re worth more than that.
Any science that seeks to measure our worth by measuring one trait or another is science gone wrong.
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I am a Jesuit scientist. I’m all for vaccines, but we have to do more than just ‘follow the science’
I find myself troubled by the phrase, “Follow the science.“ It implies that the authority of science is infallible, writes Guy Consolmagno, S.J., director of the Vatican Observatory.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What the story of Galileo gets wrong about the church and science
The Galileo story is presented as a narrative of the church denying science. But that implies that science is a single, monolithic worldview.
Part history, part science fiction, the Galileo story is less a legend than a myth.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Finding God in cosmological things: Remembering George Coyne, S.J.
I could list all his scientific work, his writings on faith and science, his honors and degrees. But none of those are George.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Can you find God in a black hole?
Thanks to the image released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium, for the first time we have direct proof that a black hole is more than a theoretical construct.
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During the French Revolution, a bishop was brought to the guillotine for execution. But when the blade flew down, it stopped an inch short of cutting off his head. “It’s a miracle,” cried the crowd, and the bishop was released. Next, a philosopher was brought forward; but again, th