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Pope names another Nobel laureate to Pontifical Academy of Sciences

August 11, 2021

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CWN Editor's Note: The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, established in 1936, is an advisory body whose members include non-Catholics.

The appointment of Emmanuelle Charpentier, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, follows the August 2 appointment of Donna Strickland, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018.

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Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon & Martyr (USA); Opt Mem of St. Marianne Cope, Virgin (USA)

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Today is Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time. In the United States the Optional Memorial of St. Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304) is transferred from January 22 in the Universal Calendar to January 23. He was one of the greatest deacons of the Church. He was born in Huesca, Spain, suffered…

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