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Jesuit Father Paul Gabor, vice director of the Vatican Observatory Research Group in Tucson, Ariz., delivers a keynote speech June 25, 2025, during the Catholic Media Conference in Phoenix. He addressed the question, 'Why Does the Pope Have an Astrophysics Research Institute?" (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Radio Interview: The Vatican Observatory


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Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 20, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

The heavens are full of wonder, and the astronomers who work for the Vatican Observatory probably know that better than most people on earth. In this episode of Catholic Review Radio, Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jesuit Father Paul Gabor, vice director of the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., about the intersection between faith and science. As a scientist, he is grateful for the gift of understanding the universe, and receiving that as a gift from God. The Vatican Observatory has been around for centuries, studying the cosmos.

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