The Pope's Astonomer

In 2015, Pope Francis named Tucsonan and U.S. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno the new director of the Vatican Observatory. We discuss the posting.

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In September 2015 Pope Francis named Tucsonan and U.S. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno the new director of the Vatican Observatory. What is the Vatican Observatory and what is its connection to southern Arizona? In this Episode: Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director, Vatican Observatory; Tim Swindle, Ph.D, Director and Department Head of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

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