Veritas Series
Stories of Modern Catholic Converts
Evan O’Dorney (Part I - Conversion of a Prodigy)
Two-time gold medalist and two-time silver medalist at International Mathematical Olympiad, three-time Putnam Fellow, Intel Science Talent Search grand prize winner, Churchill Scholar. Harvard AB and Princeton PhD in Math.
It’s a joy to have faith and also to do my research. It’s never guaranteed that there will be people [studying mathematics] for the glory of God, and I think that’s what really sustains it, and I hope I do my part to keep it alive.
Karin Öberg (Part II - Conversions At Harvard)
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard. Discoverer of first complex organic molecule in a protoplanetary disk; published in Nature. Author of 200+ peer-reviewed papers with 20,000+ citations.
I trust that the skills and the logical reasoning that I apply to science also work when I think about metaphysical things. I think Caltech especially trained me how to think, how to really honor reason, and how to apply it to many different kinds of problems, including those that have to do with the church and with God.
Jonathan Lunine (Part III - Bellows of Aquinas)
Chief Scientist at NASA JPL; Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech; U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Interdisciplinary scientist / co-investigator on Cassini mission to Saturn, Juno mission to Jupiter. Author of 400+ papers with 50,000+ citations.
My scientific research has given me a deep appreciation for the intricacies of nature, for the ways that physical laws acting on matter and energy produce an amazing diversity of structures and processes in the cosmos. Science creates another avenue through which to feel gratitude to the Creator for bringing all this—and us—into existence.
Tyler VanderWeele (Part III - Bellows of Aquinas)
John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard. PhD in Biostatistics at Harvard. Author of 400+ papers with 100,000+ citations. Featured on Economist, New York Times, Time Magazine, Chicago Tribune.
The order that we observe in the world is really quite astounding and for me it points to the beauty of God's creation … it's very difficult for me to look at our world and the discoveries of science and not to see a designer behind it.
Follow the Evidence Wherever It Leads
What does modern empirical evidence say about the existence of God?
The Rosary: The Ultimate Life Hack
This website can’t prove that Catholicism is true. But the Rosary can.
The Data: It’s All Connected
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Resurrection event of Jesus Christ is backed by historical evidence, and alternative hypotheses are found to be unsatisfactory. |
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Eucharistic phenomena, where communion bread turned into human flesh and blood in 5 cities across 4 countries, have been verified by reputable scientists and institutions in laboratory studies spanning 1971 to 2013. |
70 K |
spectators witnessed the event known as the Miracle of the Sun at Fátima, Portugal in 1917, which was announced several months in advance by 3 children. |
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exorcists across 30 countries belong to the International Association of Exorcists, and their experiences with demonic activity are backed by witnesses including a psychiatrist trained at Princeton/Yale/Columbia. |
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physical constants show that the universe is fine-tuned for life. |
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of Nobel Prize winners in science (Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine) from 1901 to 2000 have identified themselves as Christian. |
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Christians and counting belong to the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago. |
One of the Eucharistic phenomena in Legnica, Poland, determined to be human cardiac flesh by Pomeranian Medical University (Poland) in 2013.
About me: I’m Chris, a practicing Catholic and former atheist living in New York City. I majored in Computer Science at Princeton and currently work at a hedge fund in Manhattan, where I've held various software engineering & data science roles. After extensively researching Catholicism—the religion of 1.4+ billion people worldwide—I discovered that it's true. I started this website to share my findings.
To ensure the quality of this website, I’ve hired a team of researchers and editors — including a writer with an MD from Harvard Medical School, a PhD biologist/pharmacologist, and two authors with Amazon bestselling books. Enjoy!