Scientific Revolution – Catholic Stand

A Ratzinger Prophecy on the Cusp of Fulfillment

Paul A. Escott July 6, AD2022 7 Comments

During the course of the past few months, a relatively obscure book written in 1970 by then-father Joseph Ratzinger has garnered interest from major news

Marin Mersenne: A Priest at the Heart of the Scientific Revolution

Andrew Kassebaum March 13, AD2015 9 Comments

In late 1644, the Minim friar Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) travelled to Florence and assisted Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) in repeating his famous barometric experiment. When Mersenne

Scientific Geniuses and Their Jesuit Collaborators

Andrew Kassebaum July 31, AD2014 9 Comments

Herbert Butterfield, the influential twentieth-century historian, identified the Scientific Revolution as “one of the great episodes in human history,” which, along with the rise of