“The heavens proclaim the glory of God,” writes the psalmist. As an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, I get to enjoy those proclamations on a daily...
Science and technology
It’s a familiar sight for anyone who has recently taken a bus or train, stood in a line, or waited for an event to start: Everyone scrolling through their...
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the church faces new challenges. In this final installment of a three-part series, Father Myles...
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the church faces new challenges. In this final installment of a three-part series, Rev. Verity A...
Our family went to Chicago’s Adler Planetarium last year and saw the feature Cosmic Collisions. This was not a soothing, gaze-at-the-night-sky experience...
In a 1995 episode of the popular TV drama The X-Files, FBI agent Fox Mulder—a true believer in extraterrestrial life—has a quick exchange with his partner Dana...
Our American Spirit is stuck–and I’m not talking about that intangible dimension of our national identity that keeps us upbeat and confident in...
Recent films and TV series shine a light on the plight of aliens among us. Television and movie screens were chock-full of aliens this summer: scary...
Catholics are using the latest tools to connect ancient faith with today’s digital reality. Less than a decade ago, social and media wouldn’t have been seen...
In one month last year Americans spent 63.5 billion minutes engaging in social media. Drawing conclusions from another study, a January article in the...
