Pope Francis: Science and faith come from the absolute Truth of God

Pope Francis affirmed that science and faith are two different but parallel paths that share the same matrix, “the absolute Truth of God.”

This morning the Holy Father received in audience at the Vatican the participants of the II Conference in memory of the priest and scientist George Lemaître.

This event, organized by the Vatican observatory under the title “Black holes, gravitational waves and space-time singularities” takes place in Castel Gandolfo from June 16 to 21.

During these days, scientists debate the latest questions raised by scientific research in cosmology. According to Pope Francis, “the Church is attentive to these investigations and promotes them, because they shake the sensitivity and intelligence of the men and women of our time.”

“The beginning of the universe, its ultimate evolution, the deep structure of space and time confront human beings in a frantic search for meaning, in a vast scenario where they run the risk of getting lost,” he continued.

In this sense, he recalled that George Lemaître “was an exemplary priest and scientist,” and highlighted at the same time his human and spiritual career, which represents “a model of life from which we can all learn.”

Later, he highlighted that human experiences and subsequent spiritual elaborations led Lemaître to understand “that science and faith follow two different and parallel paths, between which there is no conflict.”

On the contrary, he specified, “these paths can be harmonized with each other, because both science and faith, for a believer, have the same matrix in the absolute Truth of God.”

“His path of faith leads him to understand that creation and big-bang “They are two different realities, and that the God in whom he believes cannot be an object easily categorized by human reason, but is the ‘hidden God’, who always remains in a dimension of mystery, not totally understandable,” he expressed.

He also wished them that “the freedom and lack of conditioning, which you are experiencing in this conference, help you progress in your fields towards the Truth, which is undoubtedly an emanation of the Charity of God.”

Finally, he noted that “faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and is not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.”

“I encourage you to go to the peripheries of human knowledge: it is there where we can experience God Love, who quenches and quenches the thirst of our hearts,” Pope Francis concluded.