{"id":61682,"date":"2025-08-20T02:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/?p=61682"},"modified":"2025-08-20T02:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:05:26","slug":"catholic-scientists-also-in-spain-4th-edition-of-the-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/2025\/08\/20\/catholic-scientists-also-in-spain-4th-edition-of-the-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Scientists Also in Spain: 4th Edition of the Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-127035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/scienziati_cattolici.webp\" alt=\"Catholic scientists Spain\" width=\"606\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Next October in <strong>Madrid<\/strong>, the fourth edition of the congress of <strong>Spanish catholic scientists<\/strong> will take place. A growing phenomenon and an event packed with key topics.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Madrid, from October 2 to 4, 2025, the 4th edition of the Congress of the <strong><mark>Sociedad de Cient\u00edficos Cat\u00f3licos<\/strong><\/mark> of Spain (SCCE) will be held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event will be hosted by the Universidad San Pablo CEU in Madrid, confirming the <strong>growing interest<\/strong> in the dialogue at the intersection of Catholic faith and scientific knowledge. Previous editions saw around <strong>150 participants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Catholic scientists in the US, Spain, and Poland<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expansion of the &#8220;Society of Catholic Scientists&#8221; is a source of pride for co-founder <strong>Stephen M. Barr<\/strong>, emeritus professor of Physics at the University of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/2025\/06\/13\/scienziati-cattolici-summit-su-fede-scienza-ed-evoluzione\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a><\/em><\/strong> he granted us last June, Barr discussed with us the <strong>main themes<\/strong> addressed during the congress held in Washington.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Theologian <strong>Christopher T. Baglow<\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/2025\/07\/18\/levoluzione-umana-e-la-teologia-due-parole-con-chris-t-baglow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">informed us<\/a><\/em><\/strong> that new branches of the association of Catholic scientists are emerging not only in Spain, but also in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>The congress of Catholic scientists in Spain<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Spain, the &#8220;<strong>cient\u00edficos cat\u00f3licos<\/strong>&#8221; will gather in early October, and the event is open to anyone interested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By visiting the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/iv-congreso-scce.es\/programa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, it is clear that <strong>the programme<\/strong> will cover a range of <strong>timely topics<\/strong>: artificial intelligence, bioethics, and near-death experiences (NDE).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Historical and theological issues will also be addressed, such as <strong>the Galileo affair<\/strong>, the relationship between human origins and original sin, <strong>neuroscience<\/strong>, the environmental crisis, and the role of the Catholic scientist in the professional world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of particular note is a session dedicated to <strong>replicas of the Shroud of Turin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the liturgical celebration, the programme will include various activities, including an award ceremony for a competition open to students from Spanish schools and institutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Words from the president of Spanish Catholic scientists<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president of the Catholic scientists in Spain is <strong><mark>Enrique Solano M\u00e1rquez<\/mark><\/strong>, a researcher at the Center for Astrobiology, affiliated with both the National Institute of Aerospace Technology and the Spanish National Research Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Speaking to UCCR<\/strong>, Prof. Solano stated that the event has <i>\u201cgenerated <strong>growing interest<\/strong>\u201d<\/i> in Spanish society, as demonstrated by the fact that <strong>25% of confirmed participants<\/strong> are <i>\u201cnot members of the association\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just in the past academic year, the scientist added, the <i>&#8220;Sociedad de Cient\u00edficos Cat\u00f3licos&#8221;<\/i> held <strong>over 50 lectures<\/strong> in schools, institutions, parishes, and universities, with the aim of <i>\u201cbringing new generations closer to debate and reflection\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of active members continues to grow: <strong>84<\/strong> registered in 2023, <strong>126<\/strong> in 2024, and <strong>156<\/strong> in 2025. For those who find these figures modest, it is worth noting that bearing witness to the harmony between scientific vocation and life of faith is, as Solano admits, <i>\u201ca complex task\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indeed, <i>\u201cthere is a great deal of misinformation, and the public has internalised <strong>a series of clich\u00e9s<\/strong> (\u2018the Church has always been against science\u2019, \u2018a scientist in the 21st century must be an atheist\u2019, \u2018the Big Bang is incompatible with Genesis\u2019, \u2018same goes for Adam and Eve and evolution\u2019&#8230;), which have become deeply rooted in society, partly because <strong>there has never been a clear response<\/strong> from Catholic scientists.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Society of Catholic Scientists seeks to <i>\u201creverse\u201d<\/i> this narrative and opens dialogue <i>\u201cwith <strong>non-believing colleagues<\/strong> on fundamental questions that call for an integrated perspective, such as the origin of humanity and the universe, artificial intelligence, or bioethics.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As was done for the US congress, <strong>UCCR<\/strong> will also follow the developments of the Spanish edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next October in Madrid (Spain), the fourth edition of the congress of Spanish Catholic scientists will take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":15,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[758,1635,1633,1634,1632],"class_list":["post-61682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-catholic-scientists","tag-enrique-solano-marquez","tag-sociedad-de-cientificos-catolicos","tag-society-of-catholic-scientists","tag-spanish-catholic-scientists"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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