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Jesuits as science missionaries for the Catholic Church

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imageJesuit astronomers with Chinese scholars in the 18th century.Les cahiers de Science et Vie October 2009

A Catholic, a Jesuit and a scientist walk into a bar. What do they have to talk about? And just how do those conversations go?

This scenario is no joking matter. Conflict as well as collaboration have characterized the historical relations between...

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