by Rome (AP) – Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of the arrival of humans on Mond Sunday with a visit to the astronomical Vatican Astronomical Observatory in Castel Gandolfo and a call to Astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
After Leo prayed the Sunday Angelus in his summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, he went to the astronomical observatory in the papal villas, where he looked closely at the telescopes that have supported the heavenly exploration from a believing perspective for decades.
The Pope was accompanied by astronomers and students who took part in the traditional summer school organized by the observatory.
This was the first visit to Pope Leo in the observatory, the Leo XIII in 1891. Was founded. However, the first vision of this can be attributed to the establishment of Pope Gregor XIII by a commission that aims to examine the scientific data and effects of the calendar reform, which took place in 1582.
The Vatican Observatory has created first-class research from its scientists clerics and drawn academics for its meteorite collection, which includes the Mars parts and is considered the best in the world.
Later on Sunday, Pope Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who shared with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, the historic Moonwalk from 1969.
“Tonight, 56 years after the Apollo 11 Mondlanding, I spoke to the astronaut Buzz Aldrin,” Pope Leo wrote on his X account. “Together we shared the memory of a historical performance, a testimony to the human ingredient, and we reflected on the secret and the size of creation.”
Pope Leo then blessed the astronaut, his family and his employees.
There are some precedents of papal calls to the “room”.
In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI rang. The space station and asked about the future of the planet and the environmental risks with which it was confronted.
Pope Paul VI sent in front of Benedict. A radio message on astronaut Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins according to their moonwalk and called them “conqueror of the moon”.
