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Pope Calls Evolution Theory Compatible with Faith
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More than a century after Darwin's "Origin of Species," Pope John Paul II has put the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church firmly behind the view that the human body may not have been the immediate creation of God but is the product of a gradual process of evolution.
With a formal statement sent to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, the pope said that "fresh knowledge leads to recognition of the theory of evolution as more than just a hypothesis" and that it is compatible with Christian faith. The pope said the theory of evolution had been buttressed by scientific studies and discoveries since Darwin and others first proposed it in the 19th …
