Evolving debate.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- A leading cardinal who was the chief editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church The Catechism of the Catholic Church, or CCC, is an official exposition of the teachings of the Catholic Church, first published in French in 1992 by the authority of Pope John Paul II. has caused controversy by suggesting that Catholics do not believe in evolution at least as proposed by some scientists. Archbishop Christoph Schonborn of Vienna argued in a July 7, 2005 op-ed piece in The New York Times that "evolution in the sense of common ancestry might be true, but evolution in the neo-Darwinian sense--an unguided, unplanned process of random variation and natural selection--is not." Schonborn further argued that a 1996 letter by John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. , in which the late pope referred to evolution as "more than a hypothesis," did not mean that John Paul The name John Paul might refer to: Full name
In response to the cardinal's comments, two Roman Catholic scientists asked Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. to clarify the matter and reaffirm earlier statements in support of evolution, The New York Times reports, expressing hope that "in these difficult and contentious times the Catholic Church not build a new divide, long ago eradicated, between scientific method and religious belief." Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington told reporters at the National Press Club on July 11 that "as long as in every understanding of evolution the hand of God is recognized as being present, [Catholics] can accept that."
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