Proving the Church cares about science, and rock 'n' roll: Pope’s astronomer comes to Cork

Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, at Mayo Dark Sky Festival in Newport. Picture: Karen Cox

Back in 2010, he made headlines after saying he would baptise an alien if you asked him. Brother Guy Consolmagno is not your ordinary Jesuit priest, he’s the Pope’s astronomer.

A keen Rory Gallagher fan, Br Guy is in Cork this week to “show the world that the Church supports science” and catch up with an old pal: Gallagher’s brother.