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Pro-abortion pundits cannot debunk the scientific facts about life, conception

February 28, 2019 Thomas R. Ascik 8

I can’t find anyone—including Planned Parenthood and the pro-abortion media—who disagrees about what science has to say about the beginning of human life. What, you say that the March for Life caused the publishing of […]

The Dispatch

Environmental questions we ought to (but rarely) ask

December 7, 2018 Thomas M. Doran 12

These days, if you’re an environmentalist or a progressive, you are supposed to support any and all environmental initiatives. If you’re a libertarian or conservative, you are supposed to be skeptical of environmental initiatives, especially […]

The Dispatch

Prominent Catholic astronomers discuss the proposed “Hubble-Lemaître Law”

October 10, 2018 Justin McClain, O.P. 7

In late August, the International Astronomical Union (“IAU”) held their thirtieth General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. There were many fascinating points that were discussed, yet one of them in particular should capture the attention of Catholics: the […]

General

A brief defense of Fr. Schall on Islam, Christianity, and intelligence

September 28, 2018 Brian Jones 6

In a recent essay at the Public Discourse, David Rahimi offered a critical review of Fr. James V. Schall’s recent book On Islam: A Chronological Record, 2002-2018 (Ignatius Press, 2018). While it is certainly the case […]

Analysis

Genetic modification of embryos: The truth behind the research

March 21, 2018 Dr. Daniel Kuebler 3

The research community, through embryo-destructive research, is intent on developing a new “therapy” that promises little to no health benefit for those suffering from disease. […]

Essay

The lab or love? Catholic women and STEM careers

February 21, 2018 Stacy A. Trasancos 14

This false dichotomy can harm women interested in STEM, and weaken the larger scientific community. […]

Features

Revisiting and understanding the “Galileo Affair”

November 16, 2017 CWR Staff 14

“The Galileo Affair needed to be looked at again,” says Dom Paschal Scotti, “because it is one the great events, climactic events even, in European […]

The Dispatch

There is a serpent, and not just in Essex

September 24, 2017 Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin 3

For all its beautiful prose and good storytelling, Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent ultimately falters, offering an incomplete view of Christianity and a portrait of friendship […]

Analysis

How far will atheists go to deny the Christian birth of science?

August 21, 2017 Stacy A. Trasancos 17

Clashes with atheists such as Richard Carrier show why Christians are needed as leaders of scientific progress: because they have the correct vision of creation. […]

Editorial

Settle for nothing less than the infinite mystery and infinite delight

April 27, 2017 Carl E. Olson 0

Back in the early 1840s, John Henry Newman observed that physical philosophers—that is, scientists—”are ever inquiring whence things are, not why; referring them to nature, not to mind; and thus they tend to make a […]

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