Post 469 was a reply by Gargantua to Dimensio and had nothing to do with the Pope or his statements on evolution. However, utilizing the amazing information in The Ultimate Creation vs. Evolution Resource, I tracked down Magisterium Is Concerned with Question of Evolution For It Involves Conception of Man and discovered, once again, that you don't ever read anything all the way through:
Today, almost half a century after the publication of the Encyclical, new knowledge has led to the recognition of more than one hypothesis in the theory of evolution. It is indeed remarkable that this theory has been progressively accepted by researchers, following a series of discoveries in various fields of knowledge. The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favour of this theory. [Emphasis mine]
[...]
The sciences of observation describe and measure the multiple manifestations of life with increasing precision and correlate them with the time line. The moment of transition into the spiritual cannot be the object of this kind of observation, which nevertheless can discover at the experimental level a series of very valuable signs indicating what is specific to the human being. But the experience of metaphysical knowledge, of self-awareness and self-reflection, of moral conscience, freedom, or again, of aesthetic and religious experience, falls within the competence of philosophical analysis and reflection while theology brings out its ultimate meaning according to the Creator's plans. [Emphasis mine]
Please note, the Pope specifically lays out what is within the realm of science and what is within the realm of religion.
Post 469 was a reply by Gargantua to Dimensio and had nothing to do with the Pope
You seem to have found the article anyway, it was just a bit further down on post#478 - so why are you nitpicking? Why did you not do the others a favor and just link to the proper post? Is this a discussion about evolution or about my typing?
He sure does. First of all you need to note the title at the top (also repeated later on in the text): TRUTH CANNOT CONTRADICT TRUTH. I mentioned that in the post you responded to but it seemingly got past you. In reading it you need to realize that the 'praise' is conditional. He says for example that:
A theory's validity depends on whether or not it can be verified; it is constantly tested against the facts; wherever it can no longer explain the latter, it shows its limitations and unsuitability. It must then be rethought.
He further recognizes that there are several theories of evolution: "Hence the existence of materialist, reductionist and spiritualist interpretations." This of course is in preparation for the blow at Darwinian evolution. He then gives the hammer blow and says:
Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.
In case anyone misunderstood the meaning of the above he starts his conclusion with:
The Bible in fact bears an extraordinary message of life. It gives us a wise vision of life inasmuch as it describes the loftiest forms of existence. ...
It is significant that in St. John's Gospel life refers to the divine light which Christ communicates to us.
So as you can see, the Pope did not come to praise Caesar, he came to bury him. As I said in my previous post: TRUTH CANNOT CONTRADICT TRUTH. Therefore it is atheistic/materialistic evolution that is untrue, not the Bible (as if anyone would question that the Pope was Catholic!).