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Article: Catholic scientists look to bridge theory, theology: Hope to bring morality into largely atheistic disciplines.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- May 24, 1999
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It took 359 years for the Roman Catholic Church to admit it erred in condemning Galileo for finding the Earth revolves around the sun. But the Vatican's delay has not stopped Catholics from trying to prove Catholicism is science friendly.
Catholic scientists are forming associations, staging conventions and generally encouraging dialogue to counter the notion that Roman Catholicism opposes science and to foster the idea that ethics and science are compatible.
"The Galileo incident has made the church a whipping boy" - meaning a perpetual symbol of the church's supposed anti-science stance - said Thomas P. Sheahen, a physicist with the Catholic ...