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Catherine Snow’s negative stance on “Should Americans heed the pope’s warning about climate change?” (Aug. 11) concludes: “Remember, when it comes to science, the church does not have the best track record. Turns out, Galileo was right. The Earth does revolve around the sun.”
Despite Galileo, the Catholic Church has often been at the forefront of science.
For example, “Since the Renaissance, Catholic scientists have been credited as fathers of a diverse range of scientific fields: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) prefigured the theory of evolution Lamarckism; Friar Gregor Mendel (1822–84) pioneered genetics and Fr Georges Lemaitre (1894-1966) proposed the Big Bang cosmological model. The Jesuits have been particularly active, notably in astronomy. Church patronage of sciences continues through elite institutions like the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Vatican Observatory” (Wikipedia).
When it comes to anthropogenic climate change, the church is on the side of science again.
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