It actually happened back on November 3, in Rome - it's just that it took another three days to get to the Australian branch of news.com. (I don't tend to read news.com.au much; Rupert Murdoch leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and my recent criticisms of the Herald-Sun apply to most of that stable, to a lesser extent.)
On the whole, the Vatican's generally pretty sensible about matters of straight scientific fact; they might argue about moral consequences, but they've been around long enough to understand that the facts are more stubborn than any Pope can be. There are some Catholics among the US ID movement - Michael Behe is a prominent example - but I think most of that movement's wingnuts are Protestant; I'm not sure how much weight a Catholic endorsement of evolution would have with them.
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Date: 2005-11-08 04:22 am (UTC)On the whole, the Vatican's generally pretty sensible about matters of straight scientific fact; they might argue about moral consequences, but they've been around long enough to understand that the facts are more stubborn than any Pope can be. There are some Catholics among the US ID movement - Michael Behe is a prominent example - but I think most of that movement's wingnuts are Protestant; I'm not sure how much weight a Catholic endorsement of evolution would have with them.