Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1947). Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. A Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 35:4-7a James 2:1-5 Mark 7:31-37 It is a town in France.

It’s not surprising, then, that a French Jesuit scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who tried to bridge the gap between faith and science, got himself in trouble with church officials and his ...