As director of the Vatican Observatory, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno is known informally as “the pope’s astronomer.” | Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screenshot
By Tessa Gervasini
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 17:00 pm
Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, has spent the last 30 years staring at the sky. As the director of the Vatican Observatory, known informally as “the pope’s astronomer,” he has just published his 13th book — “A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science,” which he said he wrote at the suggestion of Loyola Press.
“I pulled together a lot of ideas, some of my own experience and some of the history of the Jesuits working on science,” he told “EWTN News Nightly” on Feb. 5.
Consolmagno has been the director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015. He told “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol that the observatory was officially established in 1891 to “show the world that the Church supports science. And we have been doing that ever since,” he said, adding that “we’re doing cutting-edge research, as we’re also carrying forth the message of how the heavens proclaim the glory of God.”
In his book, Consolmagno disputes the idea that we can’t study science and also be people of faith.
