Many Catholics would be surprised to hear that the Darwinian theory of evolution is incompatible with Christian faith. Yet this was the central contention of a recent New York Times op-ed piece by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna (“Finding Design in Nature,” July 7). “Evolution in the sense of common ancestry might be true,” the cardinal wrote, “but evolution i (...)
The Last Word
Darwin & the Cardinal
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