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Unfortunately, Jonah - you've been snookered...Fr. Coyne is going on his usual sabbatical and is also recovering from an illness.  He was not fired for his stand on ID.  This message was sent around
by one of our staff here, but another astronomer corrected it.  I don't have the message she sent, but she said not to worry.  Fr. Coyne's standing in the church is quite okay.  If that changes, I'll
be sure to correct my correction, but it's a non-story at this point.

Michelle


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>I just learned that the Vatican has fired Father George Coyne, head of
>the Vatican Observatory for more than 25 years, apparently because he
>has declared that Intelligent Design is not science, contradicting the
>current official position from Rome. I mention this because I remember
>hearing Coyne give the keynote address at the 2001 ASTC Conference in
>Phoneix.
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>
>For more - in the caustic tone of skeptic James Randi - see here:
>http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-09/090106cruise.html
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>
>Here's a more straight news item on it:
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_ar
>ticle_id=401950&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490
>
> 
>
>Jonah Cohen
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>Outreach & Public Programs Manager
>
>The Children's Museum (formerly The Science Center of Connecticut)
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>"Connecticut is called The Nutmeg State, because much like the nutmeg in
>any recipe it's ever been in, no one would miss it if it were gone."
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>         -Jon Stewart
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