I hope I'm not giving the impression of an ivory tower science, but for me science is an attempt to understand, it's an attempt to understand the universe.

My answer to someone who is in contrast with me - by not seeing God in the scientific data - is that you don't see God in the scientific data because you're not me. I have other experiences than you have, that bring me to look at this data as enriching my experience of God.

I think that anybody who thinks science is going to explain everything in biological systems, or in physical cosmology, et cetera, is actually mistaken, because I think within science - if correctly understood - those claims are not being made.

Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.

I don't use scientific data as a foundation for believing in God - I use it as an enrichment of my knowledge of God.

Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith.

As a religious priest I find it a very enriching experience to do my scientific research.