I.D. is a specific political movement with a specific scientific and philosophical claim.
Catholic school kids are taught evolution. They are also taught that God is in charge of the universe and created the universe. These are not contradictory stances.
Catholic school kids are NOT taught that natural selection is a weak mechanism for changing biological systems and that the direct intervention of a “designer” is needed to get the needed results. That is I.D. and it is NOT taught in Catholic schools.
In fact Pope Benedict XVI recently held a council on evolution and nobody from the I.D. movement was invited.
No, that is how YOU are defining it. How do you think Pope Benedict defines it?
Our curriculums use the theory of intelligent design. Some (with Mother of Divine Grace, I'm almost positive) even use the words. When you define ID as something that one organization says it is, in actuality, you are disregarding those of us who believe that Our Lord started everything.
And B16 didn't have to “invite” and ID people to the council. The Vatican is full of them.
Instead of refining what one organization says ID is, why not refute what Expelled says. Show where a University allowed what ID really is. Then you have no argument.
Catholics have their own developed theory of intelligent design which predates the ID movement by some 800 years. That's what you would learn in a proper Catholic school.