When early Greek mathematician Archimedes discovered that the water rising in his bathtub equaled the volume of his body dipping into it, the sheer feeling of discovery compelled him to exclaim �...
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Often when I read Scripture, I find myself thinking about my friend Jacob. The reason is not that I see Jacob reflected in the sacred page: I don’t see his silhouette masked behind Psalmist’s...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a five-part series on Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, in honor of the Holy Father’s first visit to the United States, occurring next week. It’...
I figured it would come up eventually, but it took until the end of the very last class. I had wrapped things up, giving a few tips about the final and a reminder about the optional review sessio...
On June 20th, 2013, Giovanni Giudici, the Bishop of Pavia, pronounced the cure of Danila Castelli to be miraculous, 24 years after her pilgrimage to Lourdes. Her cure, and the 68 other cures proc...
“Why?” It’s probably the most frequently asked question of all time. Children can’t stop asking it. In education, asking “why” is frequently encouraged. Some say that you should ask a...
Ever tried to do something completely original? Give up on traditions? Do something brand new, entirely of your own doing? It’s really not possible. Sure, you can act uniquely, but only acciden...
If there is one thing that science fiction has taught us, it’s that time travel is hard. Sure, there are the technical difficulties related to the design of flux capacitors, the manipulation of...
One of the reasons that many Christians are uncomfortable with the idea of human evolution is that it seems to suggest that the fact we are here is an accident, and there is nothing stopping us f...