Christopher M. Graney

Christopher M. Graney is an astronomer and historian of science with the Specola Vaticana (the Vatican’s astronomical observatory) in Rome and the Vatican Observatory Foundation in Tucson, Arizona (home of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope on Mt. Graham).

Church and science: What’s to be made of the history? The future?

Christopher M. Graney

The real reason the Church opposed Galileo

Christopher M. Graney

A new look at the Galileo case, from the Vatican Observatory

Christopher M. Graney

Did (and does) the Church oppose the science of evolution?

Christopher M. Graney

Why would the Vatican meddle in science? To correct it?

Christopher M. Graney

The Church and evolution, and just one book it condemned

Christopher M. Graney

Catholic Church and Science (1): St. Augustine and great lights

Composite of seven photographs, the moon passes by the sun during a total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 8, 2024

Christopher M. Graney

This is the best “Eclipse 2024” story you’ll hear

Christopher M. Graney

An actual astronomer takes on astrology: Young people, judge for yourselves

Christopher M. Graney

Jesuit priests were 1st to figure out hurricanes: Why that matters

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