An opportunity for more research on ectopic pregnancies cannot be overlooked as controversy over these pregnancies erupted following Roe v. Wade being overturned.
Science
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How Jesuit spirituality gives rise to great scientists
“Being close to the created world is a way of being close to the creator, and that’s why sciences played such an important role in the apostolates of the Jesuits,” said the director of the Vatican Observatory.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
We’ve been reading Charles Darwin all wrong
Charles Darwin’s teaching has been misappropriated by generations of intellectually dubious adherents.
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$3.65 million grant will support Catholic thought at top secular universities
A national network of institutes of Catholic thought will soon launch as part of a new $3.65 million grant, issued by the John Templeton Foundation Feb. 1.
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‘Trust the experts’ is the new ‘obey the priest.’ But it is not getting us closer to the truth.
The worship of expertise, detached from any transcendent perspective, has already plagued modern life. Now rationality is becoming just another weapon with which to attack others.
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Skeptics, zealots and scriptures: Science and religion have more in common than you might think.
Welcome to the age of “doing your own research.”
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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, Books
Edgar Allan Poe, scientific pioneer?
To understand the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe demands close attention to his engagements with scientific thought and discoveries.
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Pope Francis appointed three women to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences this summer. What’s their role at the Vatican?
The three women join a prestigious group of around 80 scientists in all who are members of the Academy, 20 others of whom are also Nobel laureates.
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The crux of religious belief: Walter Miller Jr.’s ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz’
Parsing the pros and cons of ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz,’ the latest selection of the Catholic Book Club.