One of the things that most appeals to me about Catholicism is that they have recognized their previous errors and injustices in the field of scientific inquiry, tried to make amends, and made a sincere effort to reconcile the plain facts of Science with their trust in God. I hope that under Benedict they are not returning to the obscurantist ways of the past. We have enough ignorant young-Earth holy rollers already, many of them here on FR.
-ccm
"...I hope that under Benedict they are not returning to the obscurantist ways of the past..."
Yeah, the Catholic leadership should return to being reasonable about accepting that there is no Creator, that all life is just one big accident, like Science proves. /sarc