Church and Science

The Catholic Church🇻🇦is a patron of science🔬in fact it developed and nurtured science🌌. Here we are presenting you the great Catholic scientists 👨‍🔬

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Did you know that the Pope in the year 1000 was a leading mathematician and astronomer of his day? - Pope Sylvester II (946-12 May 1003). He originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a French 🇨🇵 scholar, teacher and served as Pope from 999 to 1003. #science #medieval

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"...that everyone might see clearly that the Church and her Pastors are not opposed to true and solid science, whether human or divine, but that they embrace it, encourage it, and promote it with the fullest possible devotion." Pope Leo XIII The Refounding of the
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Here is the list of #Asteroids named after Jesuit priests and Brothers!!. It includes an Asteriod ‘3562 Ignatius’ Named in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuits. Positions mapped by @BrBobMackeSJ of @VaticanObserv

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In 1891, Pope Leo XIII founded the modern Vatican Observatory with his motu proprio Ut Mysticam, the key line of which (translated) is “to show the world that the Church is not opposed to good and solid science, but rather supports it to the fullest measure.”

IAU Citation:
(858334) Gioacchinopecci = 2012 VT87
Discovery: 2012-11-14 / K. Černis, R. P. Boyle / Mount Graham / 290 Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci (Pope Leo XIII, 1810–1903)

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@CTSpublishers @LawrenceOP I had the opportunity to attend Mass at Corpus Christi Church in London last September. It was beautiful!

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Fr. Giovanni Caselli (1815 – 25 Apr 1891) was an Italian 🇮🇹 priest, inventor, and physicist. He was the inventor of #pantelegraph, the forerunner of the modern day #fax 📠 machine. The world's first practical operating facsimile machine ("fax") system put into use was by Caselli.

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World-renowned author, physicist, philosopher, theologian and a Benedictine Cathoic priest - Fr. Stanley L. Jaki (17 August 1924 - 7 April 2009). Professor of Physics at @SetonHall. In 1957 he earned Ph.D. in physics from @FordhamNYC. Honorary member of the @CasinaPioIV #Science

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Medical Scientist,physician,pioneer in biochemistry and a Saint - St. Giuseppe Moscati (25Jul 1880-12Apr 1927). Contributed to the treatment of juvenile #diabetes. Also the first to introduce #insulin therapy in #Italy 🇮🇹 and was a pioneer of modern diabetology and endocrinology.

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Italian 🇮🇹#Catholic Priest considered as the first person to precisely measure the acceleration due to #gravity of falling bodies. Fr. Giovanni Battista Riccioli SJ (17 Apr 1598 - 25 Jun 1671). He is also the one behind the lunar nomenclature still in use today. #AlmagestumNovum.

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Italian 🇮🇹 Catholic priest and mathematician who discovered the #diffraction of Light and gave the word 'diffraction' to the #scientific World - Fr. Francesco Grimaldi SJ (2 Apr 1618-28 Dec 1663).
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Catholic Priest and #Engineer who invented the first version of the Internal #Combustion #Engine - Fr. Eugenio Barsanti (1821 - 19 Apr 1864). He together with Felice Matteucci of Florence invented the first version of the internal combustion engine in 1853. 🇮🇹 #CatholicTwitter

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The modern world uses math to create addictive social media algorithms.

The old world used math to create works of ecstatic beauty.

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Catholic priest, mathematician and the man behind the Cullen numbers in number theory - Fr. James Cullen SJ (19 April 1867 – 7 December 1933) #chuchandscience #cullen #Mathematics #Numbers #jesuit

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Priest & #mathematician who marked the beginning of modern hydraulics - Fr. Benedetto Castelli (1578 - 9 April 1643). In 1628, he published Della misura dell'acque correnti, On the Measurement of Water 💦 Currents, which is considered the beginning of modern #hydraulics

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Reid Wiseman, the NASA astronaut who commanded the 2026 Artemis II lunar flyby mission, said he broke down in tears upon seeing the cross on a Navy chaplain’s collar after his return. @astro_reid #artemisII 🌒🧑‍🚀

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NOW: Astronaut Victor Glover thanks God after his trip around the moon.

“When this started on April 3rd, I wanted to thank God in public, and I want to thank God again."

"The gratitude of seeing what we saw, doing what we did, and being with who I was with, it's too big to just be in one body.”

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"Christ said the greatest command is to love God with all you are, and the second is to love your neighbor as yourself." — @NASAArtemis Pilot Victor Glover, sharing a message of faith while orbiting the Moon. Proof that the more we see of the cosmos, the more we see the Creator. 🚀🙏✨
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Italian 🇮🇹 Catholic priest and mathematician who discovered the #diffraction of light💡 and gave the word 'diffraction' to the #scientific World - Fr. Francesco Grimaldi SJ (2 Apr 1618-28 Dec 1663)
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The Roman Catholic Church gave more financial and social support to the study of astronomy for over six centuries, from the recovery of ancient learning during the late Middle Ages into the Enlightenment, than any other, and probably, all other, institutions.”
Dr. John Heilbron

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The first person to earn a #PhD in #Computer #Science was a Catholic Sister. Sr. Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. was an American 🇺🇲 Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She strongly advocated for women in computer science. #science