Today’s featured entry from the Vatican Observatory Faith and Science pages:
Jesuit Astronomy (1904) – William F. Rigge, S.J. (CLICK HERE for it)
“Jesuit Astronomy”, written John Schreiber, S. J., and by the Creighton University astronomer William F. Rigge, S. J., was published in the magazine Popular Astronomy in 1904. It features a broad overview of Jesuit activities in the field of astronomy, from founding of the order in 1540 through the end of the nineteenth century.
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