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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.
In October 1996, Pope John Paul II outlined the Catholic view of evolution to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, saying that the Church holds that evolution is "more than a hypothesis," it is a well-accepted theory of science and that the human body evolved according to natural processes, while the human soul is the creation of God. [127]
Pope Leo XIII, who succeeded in 1878, was known to advocate a more open approach to science, but also to be frustrated by opposition to this within the Vatican and leading church circles, "lamenting on a number of occasions, and not in a particularly private way, the repressive attitudes to scholars exhibited by people around him, and among ...
Newsom traveled more than 6,000 miles from California to the Vatican to give a speech before — and hopefully talk with — the pope about climate change. Pope Francis, however, had other topics ...
Nicolas Steno (1638–1686) – bishop beatified by Pope John Paul II who is often called the father of geology [17] and stratigraphy, [7] and is known for Steno's principles Joseph Stepling (1716–1778) – Bohemian astronomer, physicist and mathematician who managed the Jesuit observatory in Prague between 1751 and 1778
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 ...
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 ...
The conflict thesis is a historiographical approach in the history of science that originated in the 19th century with John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White.It maintains that there is an intrinsic intellectual conflict between religion and science, and that it inevitably leads to hostility.