Pope And Students Discuss Evolution, Sans Intelligent Design

Reuters reported yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI had concluded his annual three day discussion with his former theology doctoral students. This year's topic was evolution. Participants said they spent very little time discussing Intelligent Design and even less talking about Creationism. The Catholic Church does not read the book of Genesis literally. It accepts evolution, but with a role for God's will in creation. Last year, Vienna's Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, one of the speakers this past week end, published a controversial article in the New York Times suggesting that the Church might embrace Intelligent Design. (See prior postings 1, 2 .)