Pope Francis health update, and a Jesuit guide to thinking about science and faith

Jesuitical

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4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Joining Ashley and Zac to cover the cosmos on this week’s episode of “Jesuitical” is Guy Consolmagno, S.J., the director of the Vatican Observatory and author of the new book, A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science. A research astronomer, physicist and Jesuit brother, he has served at the Vatican Observatory since 1993, and in 2015 Pope Francis appointed him director. He is the author of God’s Mechanics and co-author of Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? and Turn Left at Orion. Zac, Ashley and Brother Guy discuss: - The relationship between science, theology and faith—how science points to God and God enables science - Brother Guy’s passion for teaching science and inspiring “oh my God” moments in his students - Brother Guy’s vocation story and the history of Jesuits making scientific advancements In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley unpack Pope Francis’ recent hospitalization for a respiratory infection, later confirmed as double pneumonia. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, he is stable, without fever and in good spirits. Links for further reading: A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, ‘alert and responsive,’ according to Italian PM Cardinals push back on rumors Pope Francis will resign while in hospital Three ways Pope Francis should fix the procedures for papal illness, death and elections You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow. You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical. Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America Media at americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:11.7	Try for free today at asana.com. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast from American Media for Saints and Sinners.
0:29.9	You can join us each week for honest conversations about the Catholic Church in our world today, sometimes over drinks.
0:35.8	I'm Ashley McIncliffe, and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:38.3	Great to be with you, Ashley.
0:39.3	I hope you brought your thinking cap.
0:41.0	I sure did, but I also brought my apologies cap because I missed your birthday last week.
0:46.1	Oh, yeah, you did.
0:47.6	You made me do a podcast by myself.
0:49.0	I know.
0:49.2	I'm sorry.
0:50.3	Well, I did get a little help from Father Sam's lawyer to fill in. So that was good. But yeah, turn in 32. Got one more year till my Jesus year.
0:58.3	Oh, yeah. Exciting. Use it well. I'm trying. I am trying. What's on tap this week? And by that, I mean, metaphorically, not in the alcohol sense.
1:08.1	Yes, we are not drinking, but we are talking to our friend,
1:12.1	Brother Guy, Consolmagno. This will be his third time on the show. He is the director of the
1:18.1	Vatican Observatory and Self-Describe Nerd. Yes. And he is out with a new book titled
1:24.7	A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars exploring wonder, beauty, and science.
1:29.3	Brother Guy is just one of my favorite people to talk to because he very much like Bill and I used
1:35.5	to do in my youth. Make science fun. Very approachable. You can be like, hey, space, kind of scary.
1:42.4	And Brother Guy's like, yes, but also, and he tells you why it's not.
1:46.7	So he's super smart.
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