Astronomy in the Vatican | Lecture by astronomer Guy Consolmagno

Astronomy in the Vatican | Lecture by astronomer Guy Consolmagno
Thursday 8 December 2016 | Radboud University
Contents:
00:00:09 Welcome by Christoph Lüthy, dean and philosopher at Radboud University
00:05:53 Lecture by astronomer Guy Consolmagno
00:59:41 Interview by philosopher Christoph Lüthy
Do faith and science go hand in hand? Can one be a good scientist on the one hand and a religious believer on the other?
Few people know that the Vatican has had its own astronomical observatory for more than 100 years. Guy Consolmagno, astronomer and a Jesuit brother, is the director: “Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality. But people who think they can use science to prove the existence of God make science more powerful than God.”
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