The Creation Museum is a $27 million example of how Christians can lose their way fighting the culture wars.
Science
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Are faith and science contradictory? Or complementary?
Three books published in 2017 chart some of the contours of science-religion dynamics.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Will Pope Francis remove the Vatican’s ‘warning’ from Teilhard de Chardin’s writings?
Participants at the recent plenary assembly approved a petition requesting the pope to waive the “monitum” issued by the Holy Office in 1962.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Scientific advances must serve ‘the good of all humanity, not just the few’
“Not everything that is technically possible or feasible is therefore ethically acceptable.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Mocking religion is not a requirement for scientific literacy
Julie Payette, Canada’s new governor general, stirred up controversy with a speech to a scientific gathering in which she seemed to pit “divine intervention” against “natural process.”
Posted inFaith, Video
Pope Francis calls outer space
Pope Francis called six astronauts on the International Space Station yesterday and decided to ask them some of life’s biggest questions.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis calls space, takes small step for Vatican-Russian ties
“You Russians have in your blood, in your humanistic and religious tradition” an understanding of love, Francis said to Russian cosmonauts.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis to call astronauts on the International Space Station
Francis is known for his out-of-the-blue calls. But this one has been in the Earth-to-space pipeline for a while.
Posted inFaith, News
Blessing robots: Is a technological reformation coming?
“What is blessing? Who can bless? Can God bless through a robot?”
Posted inFaith, News
The eclipse is a way to appreciate creation, according to a Vatican astronomer
“Pray for good weather,” he said to laughs. “But also pray for what God wants you to learn from the experience.”