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Originally Posted by flip
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424942,00.html
As mentioned in the article this isn't the first time the Vatican has endorsed Evolution but nevertheless this is a major step.
As a baptised Catholic, but not practising, it is really nice to see that the Catholic religion seems to be progressing, when for many years US Protestants were scared of Catholocism and its backwardsness. If only the 70 million scary ass evengelical fanatics could start to move in this direction we might get somewhere. That and if Islam would accept evolution formally too, but I think they've got to work on quite a bit of local (read: Middle East) turmoil before they do so.
Either way it is always very refreshing to read these types of stories as it is usually the religious fanatics that make headlines by banning evolution etc.
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As a cultural Catholic (ie. not religous), I can honestly say that I don't know any Catholics that believe in Creationism. Every creationist I have ever met was either part of a Protestant or Calvinist sect, or a non-Christian.