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In an interview, Brother Guy. J. Consolmagno, S.J. shares his thoughts about where both science and faith can go wrong. bit.ly/4866kwH

#PopeFrancis greets officials of the Roman Curia, including Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican astronomical observatory. The pope seemed to recognize that his job involves looking up at the stars.

The 19th-century refractor owned by Msgr. Michael Bouchet of Louisville, Kentucky is now fully functional, and has been showing people both the sky and history. buff.ly/3MW5HNK

Join us for our next Full Moon Meetup with our guest Dr. Daniel Britt -Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at the University of Central Florida. buff.ly/483ikPp

This GivingTuesday, please help support the education and outreach efforts of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. buff.ly/3MVoyIP

Podcast with Br. Bob Macke SJ, curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory, and 3D printing guru! buff.ly/46r4oNB

A new entry for the Vatican Observatory Faith & Science Resource Center: A discussion of Jesuits and the Effect that drives hurricanes. buff.ly/46sS3bI

Fr. Juan Casanovas SJ, Jesuit solar astronomer who served as an astronomer and librarian for the Vatican Observatory, has had an asteroid named after him buff.ly/3QNd6jK

Why do we do the things we do? This question can span many topics. buff.ly/40Or2yz

Astrology books for the young are enjoying surge in popularity -- at least on the shelves of my public library. They invoke science, but make no sense at all. buff.ly/3sEbyAj

An overview of the life and work of Elizabeth Blackwell, oriented towards younger readers. buff.ly/3MKsY5l

The Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft was the first asteroid sample return mission - and it almost didn't make it home! buff.ly/3ud6q6K

A new entry for the Vatican Observatory Faith & Science Resource Center, for younger readers but older ones as well. The title says it all. buff.ly/49OGnDp

Frank Borman, Commander of NASA's Apollo 8 mission has died. He visited the Vatican Observatory less than 2 months after his flight to the Moon in 1968 buff.ly/49wEnPT

If we give up light pollution to help solve the climate change problem, is that not a positive thing? buff.ly/49KdV5B

NASA's Lucy mission discovered that asteroid Dinkinesh's companion is actually a contact-binary buff.ly/3ucX6zA

Sometimes battle of science versus religion do not turn out the way we think of those battles turning out -- and we can be glad for that.  buff.ly/46XSpIC

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the Crab Nebula, and its simply amazing! buff.ly/49p0bwD

Owen Gingerich, astronomer and historian of science at Harvard, looks at a modern understanding of the universe versus that of Luther or the Psalmist. buff.ly/46XChH2