Catholic Science Geek 🔭

Tweeting about Science and Catholicism.

Hosted by geologist and amateur astronomer @mikefurtaw

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The #Catholic Church has historically been a major patron of the sciences. But in recent times, the false #ScienceVsReligion narrative has taken over. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states...

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Wow! They found footage of Fr Georges Lemaitre! #BigBangTheory

👉🏼 Lost Interview With Father of Big Bang Reveals Captivating Conversation | CNET https://t.co/K3qYGQ9taZ
#Catholic #Science #astronomy

[Church and Science @ChurchNScience]

Catholic priest who is considered as the founder of the science of #Cytology - Fr. Jean Baptiste Carnoy. Cytology is the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies. Famous for the fixative called Carnoy Solution.

[Sarah Salviander @sarahsalviander]

Science is sometimes catching up to religion.

The late Robert Jastrow, a NASA scientist and agnostic, explains that sometimes this catching up is in realizing there is a hard boundary to knowledge of this universe. On this, science and Christianity are in agreement.

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“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we comprehend. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.” Statement from Blessed Nicolas Steno (Jan 11, 1638 to Dec 5, 1686) - Catholic Bishop and a #Scientist considered as the father of modern #Geology & #Stratigraphy.

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI encouraged evangelization through the internet – and he did so by example. In December 2012, the Pope Emeritus opened his own Twitter account (@Pontifex) in 9 languages, from Latin to English, so as to diffuse online the “gentle light of the faith."

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"Blessed Niels knew that his years of searching for truth—both scientific and theological—were all part of the mission to which God had called him."

Great Article! 👉 Scientist and Saint: Blessed Niels Stensen (aka Nicolas Steno) https://t.co/cbwY5A4GMa
#Catholic #science

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Happy New Year!

Here's a useful map of the world by timezones so you know when to celebrate

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Resting Peace Pope Benedict XVI
#PopeBenedictXVI
#PopeBenedict

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

“With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.

Further information will be provided as soon as possible.”

[Church and Science @ChurchNScience]

Italian 🇮🇹 Catholic priest and mathematician who discovered the #diffraction of Light and gave the word 'diffraction' to the #scientific World - Fr. Francesco Grimaldi SJ. #OTD we remember him (1613-28 Dec 1663) on his death anniversary.
#churchandscience #CatholicTwitter

[ARCHIVED NASA Exoplanets @NASAExoplanets]

We've discovered 5,235 planets beyond our solar system. They are strange new worlds and we love them! Meet some of our favorites: https://t.co/c6mqwyx2jc

[Church and Science @ChurchNScience]

Prayer from Vatican @VaticanNews for Benedict XVI. Pope Francis asked for special prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who he said is “very ill.” “May the Lord sustain him in this witness of love for the Church until the end,” @Pontifex said of his 95 year old predecessor.

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Important discussion of a topic of which many Catholic faithful are completely in the dark about. Thanks @TracySabolDC for interviewing @Advo_Katy @ThemBeforeUs

@NCBCenter @FIAMCtweets @catholicmed

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#WomenInSTEM - American Catholic Nun & mathematician known for her work on hypergeometric functions and linear algebra. - Sr. Mary Celine Fasenmyer (Oct 4, 1906 - Dec 27, 1996). She was a teacher, and a Nun of Sisters of Mercy congregation. #churchandscience #Mathematics

[Science Meets Faith @SciMeetsFaith]

Merry Christmas to all, here in a specific nice formula 🙂

[Sarah Salviander @sarahsalviander]

I believe part of the reason God created an ordered, lawful, knowable universe is so that we could recognize miracles. Miracles are a transgression of the usual order of things. Without an ordered, lawful, knowable nature, would we recognize the intervention of the supernatural?

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Great article on the Vatican Observatory in Arizona! 👉🏼 Why the Pope's telescope is in Southern Arizona - KGUN9 https://t.co/0RS04CKE12
#astronomy #Vatican #Catholic #CatholicChurch

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🎄⛪Merry Christmas!⛪🎄
#MerryChristmas
#reasonfortheseason

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Christmas gift-bringers of Europe

Via @JakubMarian