Catholic Scientists’ Conference Reveals the Bankruptcy of Conciliar “Faith and Science” Dialogue
The National Catholic Register (NCRegister) portal reports on the ninth annual conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists (SCS), scheduled for June 5–7, 2026, at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago, Illinois. The article, authored by Theresa Civantos Barber and published on June 1, 2026, describes an event bringing together scientists, theologians, philosophers, and historians to discuss topics ranging from the evolution of sexual reproduction and “human individuation” to the end of the universe and Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem. The SCS, founded in 2016 by physicist Stephen Barr, claims over 2,700 members from 65 countries and frames its mission as a response to the call of “St. John Paul II” for Catholic scientists to “integrate the worlds of science and religion.” The article highlights presentations on figures such as the beatified Nicolaus Steno, the heretical “Doctor of the Church” John Henry Newman, and Gregor Mendel, alongside lectures by James J. Lee on “The Evolution of Sexual Reproduction and Differentiation” and Maureen L. Condic on “The Biology of Human Nature and Human Individuation.” Also featured is a “Science and Faith Speaker Training” workshop supported by a grant from The Templeton Religious Trust. The article presents the conference as a wholesome endeavor demonstrating the compatibility of faith and science, quoting Barr’s assertion that “the mere fact that we exist shows people that there are not just a handful of scientists who are religious, but a large number of scientists who are religious — and not only that, but a large number who are believing, practicing, faithful Catholics.” This entire enterprise, however, is a quintessential fruit of the post-conciliar revolution: a naturalistic, modernist project that reduces the supernatural Faith to a handmaiden of secular scientism, glorifies heretics and apostates as models of Catholic thought, and systematically evades the only questions that truly matter — the salvation of souls, the reign of Christ the King, and the immutable deposit of Faith threatened by the very men who claim to defend it.
