How the universe began and why it exists are two different questions. Physics can only tell us about the first.
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Many think that evolution reveals a world without plan, purpose or meaning. A biologist reflects on the meaning of evolution in the light of Christ.
Physics Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner famously asked about the “unreasonable effectiveness” of mathematics in understanding nature. A physicist suggests a religious answer.
Since the 1980’s a famous experiment of Benjamin Libet has been interpreted by many as evidence that we do not have free will. More recent experiments have shown that this is wrong.
How likely is it that rational ET life exists? Would its existence be consistent with Catholic beliefs? How would such beings be redeemed?
A philosopher argues that a machine cannot be self-conscious because it has no self.
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.
