The Pope points out (elsewhere in his document), that there are, more properly theories of evolution. My reading of the Pope's statement is that he accepts speciation, but not the idea that man is indistinguishable from any other animal. Man's having a soul is why he is in the image and likeness of God, and what sets him apart from animals. And that that could not have come about by any natural process.
That would appear to put JPII in the "theistic evolution" camp.
I've made it clear that the Catholic faith has little problem with evolution. Evolution happens.
Pope John Paul II had major problems with materialist reductionsists like Dawkins, Pinker and Dennett and so so I.
Maybe, maybe not. but I was referring to Dawkins particular view of the world which most definitely is counter to the Pope's statement.
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