11K views · 388 reactions | Take a look inside the Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world, located in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo near Rome. | Vatican News | Facebook

Perched in the hills outside Rome sits the Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the centuries-old lakeside summer home for popes, which is also home to the Vatican Observatory, established in 1891 to help bridge the chasm between religion and science. Seth Doane talks with scientists and students for whom the Church's observations of the heavens are a means to unite people beyond faith. | CBS Sunday Morning