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Rome, Italy, Nov 14, 2012 \/ 12:04 am (CNA<\/a>).- A priest who headed the fifth annual World Congress of Metaphysics in Rome said the study of that which lies beyond the physical realm puts all other sciences in the right perspective.<\/p>\n

\tIn his opening address, congress president Father Jes\u00fas Fern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez praised metaphysics as the \u201csupreme science\u201d that aligns all other sciences and philosophies and \u201copens them to vast horizons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHowever, the modern world, he added, \u201cis characterized precisely by a lack of metaphysical vision,\u201d which can turn science into humanity's enemy.<\/p>\n

\tOrganized by the Idente Foundation for Study and Research, the Nov. 8-10 congress brought together 150 thinkers from 29 nations representing theology, philosophy, and the sciences.<\/p>\n

\tThrough the re-appreciation of metaphysics as grounded in the vision of God, participants hoped that a \u201ccrisis of metaphysics\u201d will be reversed.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMetaphysics involves the conception of the absolute, ultimate reality, whatever human beings consider to be the ultimate source or foundation of existence,\u201d congress director Father David Murray told CNA.<\/p>\n

\tSister Rose Calabretta, a theology professor at Manila University, observed that metaphysics points to God as our creator and the source of all life, visible and invisible.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEvery good thing that we want to do, every beautiful gesture that we have, springs from our inner relationship with the absolute,\u201d she explained to CNA, noting that \u201cwe receive all the good things from the one who created us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThis encounter with the divine, she continued, is meant to be \u201ca vehicle for exploring paths towards the renewal of metaphysics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe congress reflected that the study of the infinite as discovered through metaphysics should be considered the necessary foundation to provide all sciences with unity, direction, and meaning.<\/p>\n

\tDivorcing the sciences from the metaphysical appreciation of God has caused great harm, Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, remarked to CNA.<\/p>\n

\tScientific and technical discoveries have been used as instruments for evil, noted the Polish prelate, citing advances in weaponry that have made wars all the more catastrophic.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have to ask ourselves, what is the scope of science? What is science good for?\u201d he said. \u201cThese are the very difficult, but necessary questions so that science might contribute to the good of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tStudying metaphysics, he emphasized, helps put science in the proper perspective because faith and reason compliment one another for the good of humanity. He also noted the importance of these discussions taking place during the Year of Faith inaugurated by Pope Benedict XVI last month, which marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.<\/p>\n

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