- Videos
- 6 videos, each approximately 50 minutes
- Level: high school and above
These videos are of presentations from the “Fides et Ratio“ conference held in Cracow, Poland in November 2023. The conference, held in conjunction with the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, sought to bring together prominent representatives of science and faith (two of whom were affiliated with the Vatican Observatory) at Cracow to present the results of their research and considerations related to religion and science as seen by John Paul II and Nicolaus Copernicus. Speakers included:
- Fr. Giulio Maspero, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome: “Quantum Fractals and the Cappadocians: Comparison and Correspondence in the Knowledge of the Universe“.
Click here for English; for Polish, click here. - Christopher Graney, Vatican Observatory: “Copernicus and the Universe of Stars“.
Click here for English; for Polish, click here. - Jeremy Brown, National Institute of Health, Washington D.C.: “Viking 1, The uncentering of the world and the Jewish Search for meaning“.
Click here for English; for Polish, click here. - Javier Sánchez-Cañizares, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain: “A Singular Universe: The Ultimate Copernican Revolution“.
Click here for English; for Polish, click here. - Michał Heller, Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Poland (also Vatican Observatory): “The Copernican Question in Theology: Must Theology Be Geocentric?“
Click here for English; for Polish, click here. - Robert J. Woźniak, Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Poland: “Hans Blumenberg reading of Copernicus: Sun, Science and Secularization“.
Click here for English; for Polish, click here.
The conference was conducted by Fr. Wojciech Grygiel of the Pontifical University of John Paul II.
The title of the conference in Polish is “Fides et Ratio: Kopernik między wiarą i rozumem, wczoraj i dzi“.
A book of the conference proceedings was also published, in both English and Polish. Click here for that.
