At the Vatican, Pope Leo drew a direct and deliberate contrast between what biblical authors could perceive and what modern science now makes visible - "For the first time we are able to peer deeply into the atmosphere of exoplanets where life may be developing”

The audience took place at the Vatican, where Pope Leo XIV received dozens of young astronomy students and scholars participating in the monthlong summer school, held at the observatory’s headquarters in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome. The Pope drew a direct and deliberate contrast between what the biblical authors could perceive and what modern science now makes visible. “The authors of sacred Scripture, writing so many centuries ago, did not have the benefit of this privilege,” he said. “Yet...

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