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Simon Bradshaw ([personal profile] major_clanger) wrote2013-11-27 09:10 am

Is the Pope *really* condemning curiosity?

I saw a link to this on Facebook, accompanied by some unflattering comments about Pope Francis seemingly having anti-science views:


Evan as an atheist from an English Protestant upbringing I find this surprising, which is why I suspect either an inadequate translation or a significant implied context that I am missing.

[identity profile] major-clanger.livejournal.com 2013-11-27 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you - and no need to apologise for length, especially where it is to give context in respect of a query of mine where I raised the very point of lack of context.

That is certainly much more in line with what I understood Pope Francis' stance to be. As such, that makes me wonder even more whether, in the document I linked to, "curiosity" is being used in the sense of meaning scientific enquiry at all.