"Do those who are in charge of the Vatican’s approach to "modern science" still believe in what the Church teaches concerning the origin of the human race?"
Good thing the Vatican Observatory has no authority in the Church whatsoever, and that it forms no part whatsoever of the Magisterium!
This kind of BS is what you get when a Pope surrounds himself with so-called experts in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the majority of whom are non-Catholic and every one of them being an evolutionist.
Evolutionism is the greatest con-trick ever fobbed off on the "scientific community" and because the N.O. Church now affords greater authority to men-in-white-coats than it does to Scripture and Tradition, most Western prelates have swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
However, as the Pope's charism extends in no way to the validation of speculative pseudo-scientific theories, the Church will be far less scathed by this silliness than it will by the secondary heresies that "evolutionism" spawns.
The question of origins isn't primarily a religion vs. science issue - it is a science vs. pseudo-science issue and it should be fought out on these grounds.
The Pope/Vatican should learn from the Galileo affair, keep their big gobs shut for once, and science will end up destroying evolutionary theory on technical grounds before he puts his actor's tootsies any further into the poop!
When some part of the Vatican speaks, then the pope must take responsibility. There is an implicit assumption that he agrees, unless he speaks up and clearly denies that they are speaking on his behalf. What we know of JPII's position is his statement that "Evolution is more than a theory."
This kind of BS is what you get when a Pope surrounds himself with so-called experts in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the majority of whom are non-Catholic and every one of them being an evolutionist.
Correct. So how did it come about that the pope surrounded himself with atheist evolutionists in his Pontifical Academy of Scientists? Was it a secret plot of which he was totally unaware?
Evolutionism is the greatest con-trick ever fobbed off on the "scientific community" and because the N.O. Church now affords greater authority to men-in-white-coats than it does to Scripture and Tradition, most Western prelates have swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
Quite true again. Belief in evolution is an acid that eats away at any faith and must in the long run eventually dissolve it.
However, as the Pope's charism extends in no way to the validation of speculative pseudo-scientific theories, the Church will be far less scathed by this silliness than it will by the secondary heresies that "evolutionism" spawns.
I disagree. Of all the scandalous actions he has been guilty of, those which have caused the most scandal and the most damage to the simple faith of Catholic believers have been his statements that "Hell is not a place, but a state of being," and his statement that "Evolution must now be seen as more than a theory." A symposium like that described in this article must be seen as part and parcel of the pope's worldview, one that is radically dialectical and non-creationist.
The question of origins isn't primarily a religion vs. science issue - it is a science vs. pseudo-science issue and it should be fought out on these grounds.
I have to disagree on this point also. Real science, like that being done by Michael Behe, can do the important work of proving the fraudulence of the Darwinist fairy tales. But the argument that the Darwinists come back with, "Okay if evolution is false, then what is your replacement," can only be answered through divine revelation.
Often the Intelligent Design theorists will take an agnostic viewpoint for pragmatic reasons. They say, "We are only disproving evolution. We have no positive alternative to put in its place." This might be fine for debating purposes, but for the purpose of having a coherent philosophy by which a man can live his life, it fails utterly, and there is only one valid replacement, divine revelation.