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Remembering the first Christmas in space: Here’s how it happened

December 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

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St. Louis, Mo., Dec 26, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
1968 was a turbulent year for America. As the Vietnam War raged and peaceful figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., lost their lives at assassins’ hands, cities acr… […]

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Vatican astronomer: Webb telescope space images are ‘food for the human spirit’

July 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

NASA’s Webb captures a dying star’s Final ‘Performance’ in fine detail: A planetary nebula, shaped like an irregular oval, with lacy, reddish orange plumes of gas and dust. / NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Vatican City, Jul 14… […]

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Vatican astronomer: ‘Trust the science’ does not convince those who most need to be convinced

January 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., pictured on March 3, 2012. / Peter Zelasko/CNA.

Rome, Italy, Jan 14, 2022 / 11:30 am (CNA).
A Vatican astronomer has said that the mantra “trust the science” is failing to “convince those who most need to be convi… […]

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