Science news articles about 'vatican city'

  • Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday....
  • Vatican says not questioning moment of death

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican distanced itself on Wednesday from an article in its newspaper that suggested re-opening the debate on when a person can be considered dead for reasons of ...
  • Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin: Vatican

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for the cold reception it gave him 150 ...
  • VIDEO: Vatican Goes Solar

    Workers recently began installing donated solar panels on the papal auditorium's roof, part of Vatican City's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
  • Vatican issues major new bioethics document

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican raised its opposition to embryonic stem cell research, the morning-after pill, in vitro fertilization and human cloning to a new level Friday in a major new ...
  • Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official ...
  • Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in ...
  • Vatican's ‘most important’ cross gets new look

    ... religious art collection — the Crux Vaticana — has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. Byzantine Empire - Vatican City - Sacred art - Christianity - Religion and Spirituality
  • Pope sees physicist Hawking at evolution gathering

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told a gathering of scientists including the British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Friday that there was no contradiction between believing in God and empirical ...
  • Pope slams human organ trade, warns on transplants

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict condemned the trade in human organs as an abomination Friday and urged caution in removing organs for transplant from dying donors who might not actually ...
  • Pope marks Galileo anniversary, praises astronomy

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI is marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope....
  • ACS Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 11, 2009

    ... , including Michelangelo's famed Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City. The new, first-of-its kind plaster —formed ... 2009 ACS 237th National Meeting in Salt Lake City, March 22-26, 2009. Expect more ...
  • Pope receives early birthday wishes

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI received birthday wishes a day early on Wednesday when pilgrims attending his general audience broke into a round of "Happy Birthday."...

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