[Gumlegs]

To be fair to Pat (irritating, in and of itself), the Pope never actually required anyone to believe in evolution. The church's position, as I understand it, is that belief in evolution need not be inconsistent with Catholicism.

[Vaquero]

"To be fair to Pat (irritating, in and of itself), the Pope never actually required anyone to believe in evolution. The church's position, as I understand it, is that belief in evolution need not be inconsistent with Catholicism." Funny how when I was a kid in the 50's and 60's it was the Catholics who were considered living in the dark ages....now it is most visible in the bailiwick of certain Protestant sects....and by that I mean those that call themselves Fundamentalists (of course you cant get more fundamental than the RC Church or one of the Orthodox Churches.)