Pascal was exemplar of evangelization for modern age, says pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal, who lived his Christian faith boldly while dedicating his immense intellect to solving the practical problems of the world around him, remains an exemplar of evangelization to Catholics 400 years after his birth, Pope Francis wrote in an apostolic letter. In the letter published June 19, titled 'Sublimitas et Miseria Hominis,' Latin for 'The Grandeur and Misery of Man,' the pope wrote that the life and writings of Pascal