Certainly, but in that case, you are dealing directly with science that conflicts with matters of faith and morals, and so the Church would be in a position to put its foot down.
"Certainly, but in that case, you are dealing directly with science that conflicts with matters of faith and morals, and so the Church would be in a position to put its foot down."
In Pius XII's view, the evolutionary view of the origin of man's body was not proven. I haven't seen a formal papal teaching, with the same weight as Humani Generis, that concedes the opposite 5 decades later. Consequently, evolution - as taught in public schools - is contradictory to the Catholic faith in that it does not allow discussion of the alternatives (Humani Generis 36). So, I have no problem with evolution in the context Pius XII spoke of it. However, Pius XII's teaching is PRECISELY why the U.S. bishops should be beating up on the schools in this instance, not biblical literalists.
The truth is, the bishoops are pricing the average, practicing Catholic family (large families) out of Catholic schools, which are becoming more elitist as a result. Thus, they themselves are 'forcing' Catholics into public schools where the faith is undermined by the secularists who don't teach the subtleties of Catholic theological opinion on evolution. You see, the secular educrats are not as enlightened as the salaried bureaucrats on the bishops' committees.