{"id":61667,"date":"2025-08-05T00:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/?p=61667"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T00:06:57","slug":"an-astrophysicist-at-the-jubilee-science-speaks-of-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/2025\/08\/05\/an-astrophysicist-at-the-jubilee-science-speaks-of-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"An Astrophysicist at the Jubilee: &#8220;Science Speaks of Creation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-127243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/giubileo_bersanelli.webp\" alt=\"jubilee science bersanelli\" width=\"608\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Milan, <strong>Marco Bersanelli<\/strong> offered a <strong>valuable insight<\/strong> at the Youth Jubilee: science is an ally of faith, a marvellous tool for exploring creation<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Astrophysics professor at the <strong>Jubilee of Youth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A commendable initiative by the Italian Bishops\u2019 Conference, which invited <strong><mark>Marco Bersanelli<\/strong><\/mark>, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Milan, to speak at the Basilica of St Joseph at Trionfale in Rome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event, titled <i>\u201c12 Words for Hope\u201d<\/i>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agensir.it\/quotidiano\/2025\/7\/31\/giubileo-dei-giovani-bersanelli-astrofisico-aprire-gli-occhi-sulla-bellezza-delluniverso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took place<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on 31 July as part of the Jubilee of Youth 2025 celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Who is astrophysicist Marco Bersanelli?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The renowned Italian scientist specialises in <strong>observational cosmology<\/strong> and has spent decades studying the cosmic microwave background, the first light emitted by the primordial universe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bersanelli was also a key figure in the <strong>European Space Agency\u2019s Planck mission<\/strong>, playing a pivotal role in measuring fundamental cosmological parameters with unprecedented precision, such as dark energy density, the Hubble constant, and the age of the universe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite his impressive scientific credentials, he addressed the young audience in a way that was both simple and profound, explaining how opening one\u2019s eyes to the beauty of the universe is a deeply spiritual act.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>\u201cScience is a way of questioning creation\u201d<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u201cAll our knowledge of the world always begins with <strong>wonder<\/strong>,\u201d<\/i> said Bersanelli. <i>\u201cWith awe at something that <strong>has been given to us<\/strong>, that we did not make, and that invites us to grasp its meaning.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And <strong>science<\/strong>, <i>\u201cwhich is my field,\u201d<\/i> he continued, <i>\u201cis one of the ways in which humanity can question nature, <strong>creation<\/strong>, and become aware of the greatness of all that exists.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In clear reference to the thought of <strong>Blaise Pascal<\/strong>, the eminent scientist also reflected on the <strong>disproportion<\/strong> between the vastness of the cosmos and the smallness of humankind. Yet, <i>\u201cthough we are but specks of dust in the universe, we are the speck that can question <strong>the meaning of everything<\/strong>\u2014and of our own lives.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His invitation to the young participants was to cultivate an <i>\u201cattentiveness to created reality\u201d<\/i>, with awe and wonder, in order to discover that <i>\u201cour hearts are made for <strong>infinite joy<\/strong>, and in daily life we already experience the first fruits of a joy that we long to live in its fullness.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Applause for the bishops\u2019 initiative<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marco Bersanelli\u2019s message is clear: science is not only <strong>not alien<\/strong> to faith, it can become <strong>a powerful voice<\/strong> for it\u2014when it helps open our eyes to the beauty and the mysterious grandeur of creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A well-deserved <strong>applause<\/strong> to the Office for Vocational Pastoral Care, Leisure and Sport for including such a talk among the cultural events of the Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A moment that <strong>truly embodied<\/strong> the Jubilee\u2019s spirit: opening hearts and minds, including through science, to recognise <strong>the signs of a greater design<\/strong> that calls humanity and invites us to walk towards the fullness of life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The name <strong>Marco Bersanelli<\/strong> is included in our <mark><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/2010\/12\/08\/scienziati-credenti-cristiani-e-cattolici-elenco-completo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dossier<\/a><\/strong><\/mark><\/em> on <strong>believing scientists<\/strong> and in the collection of their <mark><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/2012\/08\/12\/citazioni-di-scienziati-credenti-cristiani-e-cattolici\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quotations<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/mark> on science and faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Milan, Marco Bersanelli shared a precious lesson at the Youth Jubilee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":22,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1552,1586,1587,566,306],"class_list":["post-61667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-faith-and-science","tag-jubilee-of-youth","tag-jubilee-of-youth-2025","tag-marco-bersanelli","tag-science-religion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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