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Cosmology and Creation
In an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1951, Pope Pius XII remarked that “true science discovers God in an ever-increasing degree—as though God were waiting behind...
An Open Mind?
Examining the complex functioning of a human brain as it lay exposed on an operating table can be a heady experience. Wonder, however, can easily lead to a kind...
Modern Cosmology and Creation
Does cosmology provide insights as to whether or not the universe is created? In a recent interview with Gary Gutting for the New York Times, Tim Maudlin, professor of philosophy...
Aquinas and the Big Bang
One day a little boy asked his mother where he came from. His mother, pleased to have the opportunity to discuss such an important matter with her son, began...