Once upon a time, a sun-centered solar system was incompatible with Catholicism.
“Further, he (the Pope) seems to be cautioning those who have been claiming Church endorsement of the full-bodied, design-defeating version of Darwin's theory of evolution, which, after all, is often little more than philosophical materialism applied to science,” added Chapman.
Chapman noted that in his very first homily as Pope, Benedict XVI had rebuked the idea that human beings are mere products of evolution, and that, like his predecessor, John Paul II, the new Pope has a long record of opposition to scientific materialism."
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"Once upon a time, a sun-centered solar system was incompatible with Catholicism."
Who told you that?
And did you know that the Bible told us that the earth is round?
.... and with the mainstream scientists of the era.
.... and with the mainstream scientists of the era.