Re: Reich-Wing Re: Vatican Dumps Darwinist-Boosting Astronomer

In article <pan.2006.08.30.15.22.52.482384@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Stephen Rush write:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:27:15 +0000, Rand Simberg wrote:

Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
Protestant thing.

I'm sure the old men who run the RC Church are too smart to get backed
into a corner that would leave dogma at odds with observed reality.
The Galileo Affair taught them that much.

Damn straight. Pius XII, in his 1950 encyclical, explictly stated that
evolution is not in conflict with Catholic teaching. JPII re-iterated
that statement. Ben XVI might not be real thrilled with that, but he
seems to be learning that a Pope can *not* just go do whatever he wants.

Wikipedia has a good article on the subject.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Roman_Catholic_Church>

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