Everything is allegory with the Roman Catholic church: where it is clearly in Scripture that a literal reading and Biblical interpretation is required: which the Holy Spirit has been given to us Christians in HIS ministry to provide insight and teachings by the LORD GOD in all matters of faith and Bible doctrine rightly divided.
With the Roman Catholic's, Gods Word is not number one; rather it is second only to their man made traditions and notion of works oriented doctrines. Its clear that the Pope is mislead on evolution concepts...
I know exactly what the Pope believes: it is Theistic evolution: since the 'pope' is not an Atheist, nor does he believe in Intelligent Design; but rather the Biblical literal believer on Creationism is correct as recorded in Genesis 1-2 and Exodus 20:11: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth... and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
If any Roman Catholic cared to read the Bible in Exodus 20 in keep the context reference understood, he/she will learn from the LORD GOD that HE used a 24-hour day to create each day, the LORD GOD did not use Theistic evolution, e.g., Big Bang!
While Theistic evolution and creation are similar in concept; where they differ is precisely where Theistic evolution fails to accept the 24-hour Biblical day that the LORD GOD clearly communicated to us in Genesis and Exodus in regards to it as ONLY six days; not six million trillion days...etc...
God spoke the world into existence in only SIX literal days: Genesis 1-2 and Exodus 20 are absolute proofs. But Supernatural Creationism is something that man cant wrap their heads, resulting in contemplating only what they think occurred.
Man will always seek to utilize their human senses to try to understand God; but man's senses cannot understand the Supernatural Creation that the LORD GOD utilized in HIS creative acts in Genesis, so as a result, Roman Catholics agree with whatever scientist come up with that makes sense to them. The blind scientist leading the blind religious system.
Either you believe what man 'thinks' or what the LORD GOD created!
Oh really? Is that why every primitive society had a supernatural creation myth, but only modern man with an understanding of physical processes has determined how creation could have come about by physical means?
A being of infinite power going “poof” and things popping into existence is something even a primitive can understand.
Gravity and nuclear fusion and the building of heavy elements inside stars is something it takes intelligence and knowledge to have a concept of.
So where are the pillars that hold up the heavens?