Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, OP
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Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., currently serves as a Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. where he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Leonard Guarente. Fr. Austriaco also completed a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetic regulation of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press.

On the Evolution of the Imago Dei: Insights from St. Thomas Aquinas
Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco brings medieval philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas's insights on the image of God in humans into conversation with contemporary evolutionary biology.
Pope Francis on Evolution, Creation, and Magic
In his 2014 speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis made comments on evolution and creation that generated controversy. A priest and scientist puts the comments into perspective.

St. Thomas Aquinas and the Fittingness of Evolutionary Creation
According to St. Thomas, it is a greater perfection, and therefore, more fitting, for God to share his causality with his creatures, than for God to remain the sole cause acting within creation.
Nicanor Austriaco | See Beyond the Molecules
Father Nicanor shares with Jim how his home country, the Philippines, is handling the pandemic as well as what it’s like to be both a Catholic priest and a molecular biologist during these tumultuous times.

The Relationship between Science and Religion According to “Laudato Si’”
Science may find a solution to our current social and ecological ills, but religion will be needed to actually make that solution happen.

On the Evolution of the Imago Dei: Insights from St. Thomas Aquinas
Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco brings medieval philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas's insights on the image of God in humans into conversation with contemporary evolutionary biology.
Pope Francis on Evolution, Creation, and Magic
In his 2014 speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis made comments on evolution and creation that generated controversy. A priest and scientist puts the comments into perspective.

St. Thomas Aquinas and the Fittingness of Evolutionary Creation
According to St. Thomas, it is a greater perfection, and therefore, more fitting, for God to share his causality with his creatures, than for God to remain the sole cause acting within creation.
Nicanor Austriaco | See Beyond the Molecules
Father Nicanor shares with Jim how his home country, the Philippines, is handling the pandemic as well as what it’s like to be both a Catholic priest and a molecular biologist during these tumultuous times.

The Relationship between Science and Religion According to “Laudato Si’”
Science may find a solution to our current social and ecological ills, but religion will be needed to actually make that solution happen.

On the Evolution of the Imago Dei: Insights from St. Thomas Aquinas
Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco brings medieval philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas's insights on the image of God in humans into conversation with contemporary evolutionary biology.
Pope Francis on Evolution, Creation, and Magic
In his 2014 speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis made comments on evolution and creation that generated controversy. A priest and scientist puts the comments into perspective.

St. Thomas Aquinas and the Fittingness of Evolutionary Creation
According to St. Thomas, it is a greater perfection, and therefore, more fitting, for God to share his causality with his creatures, than for God to remain the sole cause acting within creation.