Jesuit Guy Consolmagno at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Atotalof24fortunateyoungpeoplefromaroundtheworldareparticipatingthisyearintheVaticanObservatory’ssummercamp,anexceptionalopportunitytosee“thatscienceandfaithworktogether.”
Thecampisledbytheobservatory’sdirector,JesuitBrotherGuyConsolmagno,whoduringthesesummermonthsisteachingthecohortoffutureastronomers.
“WehopethatsimplylivingandworkingalongsideJesuitastronomerswillbethestrongestevidencethatscienceandfaithworktogether,andevenmoreso,thatthisisaverynaturalcollaboration,”ConsolmagnotoldACIPrensa,CNA’sSpanish-languagenewspartner.
TheveteranVaticanastronomer,borninDetroit,recalledthatPopeJohnPaulIIoncedescribedfaithandreason“asthetwowingsthatliftustowardthetruth.”
“IhearinPopeLeo’scommentsanechoofthatsameintuition,”theJesuitaffirmed,referringtothepontiff’swordsatarecentinternationalbioethicsconferenceinwhichhecalledforasciencethatserve
