Vatican Announces Academic Conference on Darwin from Ekklesia

The Vatican has announced an upcoming international conference on “Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories. A Critical Appraisal 150 years after ‘The Origin of Species’”, to mark the Darwin celebrations and build the science-theology dialogue.

The conference is due to be take place in Rome from 3 to 7 March 2009. Along with other major churches, the Catholic Church proclaims the compatibility of evolutionary biology and Christian faith in the world process as God’s creative purpose.

The Vatican opposes creationism, which misconstrues ancient texts to deny the findings of the natural sciences and oppose them to divine fiat. However, a few Catholic academics have joined those toying with ‘Intelligent Design’, a close cousin.

HT: Watcher’s Lamp