The first part of a two-part article arguing that the human intellect has capacities that cannot be understood as arising from matter alone.
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The story of the intertwined lives of three pioneering women of science, who were also women of faith.
The idea that there may be intelligent life in other parts of the universe has been discussed by Christians for many centuries.
Pope St. John Paul II wrote that Galileo was “more perceptive” about scriptural interpretation than the theologians who opposed him. This article explains why.
How the Church has looked upon the relation of faith and science from antiquity to the twenty first century
A priest who is both a theoretical physicist and a professor of philosophy clears up some common misconceptions about transubstantiation.
Some Christians raise theological objections to evolution. This article examines eight of the common ones and explains why they have no force from a Catholic point of view.
In a 1933 interview with the New York Times, Georges Lemaître, the theoretical physicist and Catholic priest who proposed the Big Bang theory, explained his views on the relation of science and faith.
The philosophy of “physicalism” says that all reality can be explained in purely physical terms; but consciousness shows this to be an inadequate view.
What is the state of the scientific evidence about sex-discordant gender identity?
In the last ten years, scientists have placed various components of the human brain into animals of other species. These experiments raise important questions.
We should move toward a more human, less reductive science of depression.
The Book of Genesis calls the Sun and Moon the “two great lights.” Here is the story of how Christian thinkers “followed the science” in interpreting this, with an ironic twist in the plot.
