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Can You Spare 90 Minutes Per Week This Advent Season to Help Save a Young Person’s Faith?

Discover the large and growing body of scientific, medical, and historical evidence for the Catholic Faith with the Credible Catholic modules this Advent.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

What’s so Spooky about Quantum Mechanics?

It is commonplace to refer to the "spooky" action of quantum particles, but if you are not a science buff, you may wonder what all the weirdness is about.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.4 min read

Does Quantum Mechanics Speak to Catholic Teaching I: General Considerations

Does quantum mechanics shed any light on theological principles and, if so, how? This is how quantum mechanics intersects theology.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

What is Truth? The Dance of Science and Truth (Part 2)

What we say scientifically might actually be a false narrative of reality. What really is true, and is certitude necessary to actually know something?
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.2 min read

Catholic Scientist Receives Recognition 90 Years Later

Catholic scientist Georges Lemaître is finally credited for work he shared at an IAU meeting in 1928 with famous astronomer Edwin Hubble.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

Skepticism and Certitude in an Age of Relativism: The Dance of Science and Truth (Part 1)

The definiton of culture is determined by questioning the meaning of our existence. When this question is eliminated, the culture and morality are corrupted
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Latest News on Fr. Spitzer’s Vision

Read the latest on Fr. Spitzer's vision as well as more information about the treatment he is hoping to receive pending approval from the FDA.
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Christopher Graney9 min read

Who can do Science? Who has done Science.

Science is for everyone, not just a select few. We need more people, and a more diverse body of people, going into science and science-related fields.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Beyond Pascal’s Wager: Contraptions and Contributions

Perhaps best known for “Pascal’s Wager” Blaise Pascal was also a brilliant mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and inventor.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.1 min read

NASA at 60: Moon Shadows and Music

This beautiful video pairs images of the moon captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with Claude Debussy’s classic, Clair de Lune.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.6 min read

Can a Scientist be Catholic? A Conversion Story

Is there an oxymoron in the phrase “Catholic Scientist?” Nope. Physicist Dr. Robert Kurland tells us how he found his faith.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

The Genius of Women in Astronomy: When Harvard Used Women As Computers

The “Harvard Computers” were women in astronomy responsible for significant advancements. Their contributions reveal (as JPII would say) the genius of women
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