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Science and the Popes is a part of the broader subject of science and the Catholic Church. Science and the popes have had a long yet sometimes rocky relationship throughout the history of the Catholic Church , with some popes condemning scientific books and findings, and other popes lauding scientists and the scientific fields.
During this period, the Church was also a major patron of engineering for the construction of elaborate cathedrals. Since the Renaissance, Catholic scientists have been credited as fathers of a diverse range of scientific fields: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) pioneered heliocentrism, René Descartes (1596-1650) father of analytical geometry and co-founder of modern philosophy, Jean-Baptiste ...
A history of the popes, 1830–1914 (Oxford UP, 1998), scholarly online; Collins, Roger (2009). Keepers of the Keys: A History of the Papacy. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01195-7. Coppa, Frank J. The Papacy in the Modern World: A Political History (2014) online review; Coppa, Frank J. ed. The great popes through history: an encyclopedia (2 vol ...
Why Does the Pope have an Observatory? Interview W/Director of the Vatican Observatory Br. Guy Consolmagno Interview addressing history of Vatican's connection with science, and Vatican's clearing of Galileo; Interview with Brady Haran at Sixty Symbols. (in Italian) Guy Consolmagno, articolo in italiano su Cathopedia
In August 2020, Fr. Jeremy Leatherby, a priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, incurred an automatic excommunication for schism after refusing to recognize the legitimacy of Pope Francis, most notably substituting his name with that of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI and omitting the name of Bishop Jaime Soto during the Eucharistic Prayer while ...
Pope Pius XI [e] (baptismal name: Ambrogio Ratti) 31 May 1857 Desio, Monza e Brianza Italy 10 February 1939 Vatican City: 1939 "for his efforts to end the harsh dictatorships in fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union." [23] Romualdo Silva Cortes (1880–1958) Pope Pius XII [f] (baptismal name: Eugenio Maria Pacelli) 2 March 1876 Rome ...
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Pope Paul VI in 1976 and Pope John Paul II in 1986 subsequently updated its statutes. [ 6 ] Since 1936, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has been concerned both with investigating specific scientific subjects belonging to individual disciplines and with the promotion of interdisciplinary co-operation.