{"id":9236,"date":"2025-06-19T20:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=9236"},"modified":"2025-06-19T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:15:16","slug":"9236-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/9236-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cosmos, the Pope, and a Sense of Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now and then there&#8217;s something nice in my news feed. Like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2025-06\/exploring-the-cosmos-fills-us-with-wonder-pope-tells-scientists.html\">Exploring the cosmos fills us with wonder, Pope tells scientists<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; <br> &#8220;Pope Leo XIV receives participants in the Vatican Observatory&#8217;s Summer School program, inviting them to share the joy they experience in exploring the cosmos and to contribute to a more peaceful and just world through the pursuit of knowledge.&#8221; <br>Christopher Wells, Vatican News (June 16, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Long after the human authors of Sacred Scripture pondered the moment of creation with &#8216;their poetic and religious imagination,&#8217; Pope Leo XIV said on Monday, modern scientists continue to explore the universe with new tools, including the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), whose images &#8216;fill us with wonder, and indeed a mysterious joy,&#8217; as we contemplate the &#8216;sublime beauty&#8217; of the stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Holy Father addressed his remarks to participants in the Vatican Observatory&#8217;s Summer School, which this year is dedicated to the theme &#8216;Exploring the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope.&#8217;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Being Catholic and having a lively interest in this universe works out pretty well. I&#8217;ve talked about that, sort of, in <a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/science-and-religion\/\">Science AND Religion<\/a> \u2014 that and a drop-down menu of links is in the Navigation Bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I&#8217;m getting a cup of coffee, putting my feet up: and later on finishing this week&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now and then there&#8217;s something nice in my news feed. 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