Dr. Kevin Vost on St. Albert the Great

"Born on earth around 1200 and in heaven in 1280, Saint Albert the Great of the Order of Preachers is a great saint for our time so badly in need of his preaching and teaching. We live in a  world where many scientists proclaim their lack of belief in God and increasing numbers of young people declare they believe in science rather than religion, assuming in the ignorance of their miseducation that the two must be opposed. As Pope Saint John Paul II declared in 1998 in his Fides et Ratio (on the relationship between faith and reason), we live in a day when scientism grows rampant and many people believe that science and technology provide all the answers to all the problems that plague humanity. On the other hand, some Christians who recognize that science can certainly tell us how to do things, but not whether we ought to do them, fall into the opposing error of fideism, 'which fails to recognize the importance of rational knowledge and philosophical discourse for the understanding of faith, indeed for the very possibility of belief in God.' We live in a day of increasing polarization. . . ."

In a recent commentary, Dr. Kevin Vost reflected on the life of Saint Albert the Great, a member of the Order of Preachers and the patron saint of scientists. The Church celebrates St. Albert's memory today (15 November).

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Catholic Exchange: St. Albert the Great: Saintly Scientist for the Modern World (15 NOV 17)