Formulating the Black Hole

I was watching a documentary on PBS about Jesuit Priests who are astronomers, astro-physicists, and in one word, scientists. It was interesting to watch because, apparently, the Vatican has the largest and oldest collection of meteorites on the planet. These are very well catalogued, and well preserved/protected. Apparently there is a college set up in the Vatican, sponsored by the Vatican, that teaches astronomy. All the instructors are priests, and in no way are they allowed, nor do they preach religion in their classrooms (although it seems that they will debate it if challenged). Their students come from all walks of life - atheists and non-atheists alike. There are also Jesuit priests teaching astro-physics in the US. These men all have PhD's in the field.

So how does science inter-mingle with religion? These Jesuit priest-scientists came to the conclusion that God created life by accident. That it was chemistry and physics that God was working on to create stars, planets, and galaxies (does this mean that God in a sense, was a scientist too??). And during the process of exploding and imploding stars, gravity, electricity, etc., life was created. These Jesuit priest-scientists believe that you can only understand the universe by studying it. Study the smaller bits of the universe, ie., the moons, etc., and then understand the rest of it. By doing so, you will understand God better, and you will appreciate his work even more. By becoming a scientist and studying the universe, their faith has only grown.

These Jesuit priest-scientists are interesting, because they reflected on how Galileo was treated by the Church. Galileo was a devout Catholic-astronomer. Galileo still kept his faith in his dying days, even though the Church arrested and convicted him with heresy. The Jesuit priest-scientists agree that the Church, like every human being, makes mistakes, and that condemning Galileo was one of them (although the Vatican would never admit to that).

I am intrigued at how a priest can become a scientist with the understanding and backing of the Vatican, while at the same time the Vatican is arguing against Evolution and science, in general. If these handful of Jesuit priests can reconcile religion with science, why can't the Vatican's official stance be to recognize Science?

The black hole was predicted by a series of complex equations, even before any human being discovered that black holes existed. Perhaps someone can solve the equation for God, and prove it's existence.