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Famous British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says pope told him not to study beginning of universe
"Famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said Thursday that the late Pope John Paul II once told scientists they should not study the beginning of the universe because it was the work of God.

The British author _ who wrote the best-seller 'A Brief History of Time' _ said that the pope made the comments at a cosmology conference at the Vatican."