"Pray for good weather," he said to laughs. "But also pray for what God wants you to learn from the experience."

Catholic schools and parishes are gearing up to host solar eclipse events.

On Aug. 21, there will be a total solar eclipse and its path will fall across the entire continental United States.

On June 19, NASA announced that its Kepler space telescope team had identified 219 new planet candidates.

Twelve Catholic priests and brothers live, work and pray at the Vatican Observatory as they explore some of the universe’s biggest scientific questions.

Nine Catholic organizations from around the world have announced they are divesting their savings from coal, oil and gas companies in a joint bid to fight climate change.