Jesuit Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory gave a press statement in which he says that after each looked to the stars feels closer to God. Countless thousands of people every night, stopping for a moment under the stars, some of them (astronomers) study and luminous sparkles in the night and trying to grasp the mysterious force, and the processes forming them.
Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo near Rome
As an astronomer, and every believer in the view of the sky ostajen fascinated by the richness of objects and phenomena that are there. In this way closer to the universe - God's creation. Funes and his colleague Guy Consolmagno explore the universe with the Vatican Observatory located in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.
How the universe was created, how it evolves, that all the processes taking place in it, whether there are planets like our own and that there is life there are just some of the issues addressed by the Vatican Observatory. This astronomical duo studied astronomy before they enter the Church. I believe in God, Consolmagno says, although I am primarily a scientist My faith in God encouraged us to with even more passion and power of investigating his work. God gives me strength to cope with the unknown. Space exploration means to follow God's way, discover the secrets of the universe means to collect a puzzle from which it is clear that the chaos that seems the government of the universe only a part of God's plan.
Both scientists and Jesuits agree that their work serves the church and believers but also science. The Church has always been interested in astronomy, although throughout history there and turn to the divine path, in which mention the injustice done to Galileo.
The Vatican Observatory has a station at a few places around the world. This institution is one of the oldest and najuvažavnijih observatory in the world. Modern telescopes such as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) in Tucson (Arizona, USA) used in civil and ecclesiastical scholars, if any, we can also title.
As a scientist and a believer not to worry about the possibility of life in the universe beyond Earth. God has created billions of galaxies, with billions of Suns and which still have billions of planets and it would be a miracle that it all just for us, Funes added at the end of the conversation.
Want to learn more about the Vatican Observatory sure to visit their website: http://www.vaticanobservatory.org, can make you a little information out there separate from giving the experience of the church as an institution.
Marino Tumpić
