[oh8eleven]

The Church has no problem with the Primordial Soup idea.
Only if life was started there as a result of Divine action, not some random combination of chemicals dumped by a passing comet.

[Varda]

Agree. There is a prime mover that sets all in motion. The causal chain in Catholic theology starts with the First cause. Scientific theories (including the Primordial Soup idea) confine themselves to secondary causes and effects. Once they get outside that they aren’t science anymore.