VATICAN CITY, MAR 8, 2005 (VIS) - Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, yesterday delivered an address on, "Hope and Anguish: the Church's Involvement with Science," during a one-day conference on "Science, Faith and Culture," jointly organized by the pontifical council and by Blackfriars Hall of Oxford University in England.
In his talk, the French cardinal explained how "reason and faith cannot contradict each other, since both seek to understand the truth about nature, human nature, and God, the author of all created reality."
"Today," he went on, "cultural trends marked by relativism, indifference, irrationalism and ignorance continue to impede the human search for truth. ... The Church's teaching that reason is at the heart of every human act has come to the aid of science, and science provides insights to further understand Revelation."
The president of the Pontifical Council for Culture concluded by affirming that "a part of the Church's hope is in science, and a part of science's current anguish finds resolution in the Church's humanistic teaching."
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