The Pope is an incredibly sloppy thinker and preacher. He creates controversies where there are none, and confusion where none is necessary.
His remarks are not a good starting point for a useful discussion.
Recently, he said that “Jesus is consubstantial with the Father. Jesus is consubstantial with Mary.” Totally misused the term “consubstantial.” Makes nonsense of the Nicene Creed.
NEWS FLASH: The Catholic Church teaches CREATION. The Catholic Church does not teach that the STORY of creation in Genesis is literally true in all its details. How could the TWO creation accounts both be true, since they contradict each other?
The Catholic Church teaches that God created all things ex nihilo; that God created the first man and woman; that all living humans are descended from one man and one woman.
The DETAILS of the creation story teach a number of philosophical and theological truths about God and man. It is a misunderstanding of Scripture to believe that Genesis was intended to teach geology, physics, etc.
As is typical of this Pope, he had to use provocative language that just insults a lot of people.
ahhhh No. He says stuff (doesn’t matter what) then
claims “lost in translation”
Oh come on people this guy has never read a Biblical reference in his life.
I’ll tell you my take on Genesis and the Bible. It did so muxh for my faith to decide to believe it as written. I would not reconsider that.
On the Creation stories there aren’t two. Gen. 2 doesn’t even mention sea creatures being created. In Gen.2, God merely forms some animals to show Adam.