...to see nonsense written about the Church...
For example, silly media comments today suggesting that Pope Francis is doing something entirely revolutionary in suggesting that the theory of evolution is consistent with the Book of Genesis. This is not news! It is what Popes Benedict and John Paul were saying, and indeed has been discussed, enjoyed, debated, analysed, prayed over, and made the topic of conferences and study sessions and lectures and books and academic papers and more, for years and years and years. And rightly so. It's an important topic. Read Papa Benedict on the subject here and here and here...
When Papa Francis says that “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve” he is saying what Papa Benedict said with considerable wisdom and insight...and one cannot help feeling that the only reason for making the new headlines about Francis is to hint that his poor old predecessors were sooooo out of touch and soooo stupid and they couldn't cope with topics like evolution...
Time magazine has a sane comment on this here.
Pope Francis actually made his comments at a conference honouring Benedict - get the real story here - and, praised Papa-Emeritus Benedict as "a great Pope: great for the power and penetration of his intellect, great for his significant contribution to theology, great for his love for the Church and of human beings, great for his virtue and piety.”
To which one can only add "AMEN!!! YES!!! YES!!!"
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