Pope Francis is a Jesuit and, like it's common among the members of that group, he's a "scientist" - he has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry but I'm not sure he ever worked in scientific research. Georges Lemaître, a Belgian Cosmologist and Jesuit, is the first to propose the Big Bang Theory in 1931.
The catholic church was never really against science - that's a huge misconception. Around the 4th century, Saint Augustine developed the concept of the two books: these are the two books God wrote being one with his own hands and the other through the hands of humans. Augustine argues that since the first book, Nature, was written by God Himself then in the event of a contradiction between what's written in the second book , the Bible, and observations of natural phenomena then the observation is the correct one. Augustine, already in that early time, noticed that the Bible had passages that were figurative - passages that should not be interpreted as fact but as an allegoryy that carries another meaning. The catholic church has always had this option for the poor - as can be seen in some action attirbuted to Jesus (ha ha ha¹). Of course, for a long time, it was the church of the State - starting with the Roman State and later as the institution that legitimized the right of rulers. I don't know much about the church's history and my ignorance about events from the 17th century up to the Vatican II council is shamefull. Noam Chomsky told on an interview to Lawrence Krauss that the Vatican II was the refoundation of the catholic church as the church of Christ. My catholic education was under that new point of view - a point of view that my parents and most of the catholics in Brazil were quick to embrace. There is, however, a group of traditionalist catholics that recently have voiced their opinions more openly - and I have good friends that adhere to that point of view. What is funny is how easily the socioeconomic opinions they hold can be so easily and effectively countered by quoting the Gospels. I don't think Pope Francis has an economic theory - what he does is, in a way, remembering that there are important aspects of human life that should be prioratized over the traditional (neo-classical) economic points of view. The catholic doctrine considers that salvation is for anyone and the requirement for being saved is to behave in the way Christ taught sometimes by parables and some other times by example. (btw, there's no requirement that a person be catholic nor even that the person believe in God). That part of the doctrine comes out of two passages in the Gospels: The Good Samaritan parable and when Jesus cures the daughter of the Caananite woman. If Pope Francis is a communist then my father is a communist - and he is not.
I should say that though I consider myself a catholic, I'm also an agnostic. The catholic church along with other religious organizations were fundamental for the dismantling of the 1964 military regime. The most important hit on the military regime was an ecumenical service to celebrate the 7th day after the passing of Jewish journalist Vladimir Herzog who died under torture in 1975. Herzog's wife was catholic and the São Paulo dioceses bishop, D. Paulo Evaristo Arns approached the family and the head of the São Paulo Israelite Communite, Rabi Henry Sobel, to talk about his idea for the ecumenical service. They also extended the invitation to the Prespiterian Reverend Jaime Nelson Wright. The ecumenical service was held at the Sé Cathedral with the support of several religious institutions and was attended by 8 thousand people. A note about Rabi Henry Sobel: the official causa mortis for Herzog was suicide. Rabi Sobel, however, refused to accept and Herzog was buried in sacred soil on the Israelite Cemetery. That was a gigantic gesture and opposite to at least one earlier case when Iara Yavelberg died and the security forces claimed she committed suicide. Iara wasn't burried in sacred soil and her family fights to this day to prove she was killed by the security forces.
Pope Francis is a Jesuit and, like it's common among the members of that group, he's a "scientist" - he has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry but I'm not sure he ever worked in scientific research. Georges Lemaître, a Belgian Cosmologist and Jesuit, is the first to propose the Big Bang Theory in 1931.
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Yes - the podcast is available elsewhere but it's one of the podcasts from the magazine Foreign Policy.
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The catholic church was never really against science - that's a huge misconception. Around the 4th century, Saint Augustine developed the concept of the two books: these are the two books God wrote being one with his own hands and the other through the hands of humans. Augustine argues that since the first book, Nature, was written by God Himself then in the event of a contradiction between what's written in the second book , the Bible, and observations of natural phenomena then the observation is the correct one. Augustine, already in that early time, noticed that the Bible had passages that were figurative - passages that should not be interpreted as fact but as an allegoryy that carries another meaning.
The catholic church has always had this option for the poor - as can be seen in some action attirbuted to Jesus (ha ha ha¹). Of course, for a long time, it was the church of the State - starting with the Roman State and later as the institution that legitimized the right of rulers. I don't know much about the church's history and my ignorance about events from the 17th century up to the Vatican II council is shamefull. Noam Chomsky told on an interview to Lawrence Krauss that the Vatican II was the refoundation of the catholic church as the church of Christ. My catholic education was under that new point of view - a point of view that my parents and most of the catholics in Brazil were quick to embrace. There is, however, a group of traditionalist catholics that recently have voiced their opinions more openly - and I have good friends that adhere to that point of view. What is funny is how easily the socioeconomic opinions they hold can be so easily and effectively countered by quoting the Gospels.
I don't think Pope Francis has an economic theory - what he does is, in a way, remembering that there are important aspects of human life that should be prioratized over the traditional (neo-classical) economic points of view. The catholic doctrine considers that salvation is for anyone and the requirement for being saved is to behave in the way Christ taught sometimes by parables and some other times by example. (btw, there's no requirement that a person be catholic nor even that the person believe in God). That part of the doctrine comes out of two passages in the Gospels: The Good Samaritan parable and when Jesus cures the daughter of the Caananite woman. If Pope Francis is a communist then my father is a communist - and he is not.
I should say that though I consider myself a catholic, I'm also an agnostic. The catholic church along with other religious organizations were fundamental for the dismantling of the 1964 military regime. The most important hit on the military regime was an ecumenical service to celebrate the 7th day after the passing of Jewish journalist Vladimir Herzog who died under torture in 1975. Herzog's wife was catholic and the São Paulo dioceses bishop, D. Paulo Evaristo Arns approached the family and the head of the São Paulo Israelite Communite, Rabi Henry Sobel, to talk about his idea for the ecumenical service. They also extended the invitation to the Prespiterian Reverend Jaime Nelson Wright. The ecumenical service was held at the Sé Cathedral with the support of several religious institutions and was attended by 8 thousand people.
A note about Rabi Henry Sobel: the official causa mortis for Herzog was suicide. Rabi Sobel, however, refused to accept and Herzog was buried in sacred soil on the Israelite Cemetery. That was a gigantic gesture and opposite to at least one earlier case when Iara Yavelberg died and the security forces claimed she committed suicide. Iara wasn't burried in sacred soil and her family fights to this day to prove she was killed by the security forces.