In today’s fast-paced world, silence and solitude often feel like rare luxuries. Yet, in the Christian tradition, solitude is more than just “being alone.”
Pope Leo has appointed Father Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ, an Indian Jesuit and accomplished astronomer, as the new director of the Vatican Observatory, one of the world’s oldest centers for astronomical research.
Vincent van Gogh once wrote, “One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.”
Pope Leo has appointed Indian Jesuit astronomer Fr. Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ as the new director of the Vatican Observatory, one of the world’s oldest astronomical research institutions