As a result of the controversy surrounding the historical treatment of figures such as Giordano Bruno in Neil de Grasse Tyson’s Cosmos reboot, and the flurry of posts it’s generated about the ‘war’ between religion and science, RealClearScience published a list of 9 Priests Who Were Great Scientists. The notion that science and religion are in… Continue reading On RealClear Science’s List of Great Priest-Scientists
I saw Sunday that Zoe Pollock at Daily Dish had kindly picked up on my Friday piece for the Journal, but Mark Shea alerted me to a follow up today. A reader writes: I think you misread Farrell’s piece. While giving Pius some credit for dealing with the issue of evolution, Farrell’s main point was… Continue reading The Prescient Pope
The Vatican will open its archives within six years, according to Cardinal Kaspar.
I think Allen pretty much gets it right. He also says fat chance the pope can be arrested when he goes to the UK.
“The New York Times obtained the documents, which the church fought to keep secret, from…” It appears we are once again going to be seeing these words in the newspapers. A lot.
