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Reading the Book

Pope Benedict XVI (R) greets British professor Stephen Hawking during a meeting of science academics at the Vatican October 31, 2008. (Osservatore Romano/Reuters) The Pope’s speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences: In choosing the topic Scientific Insight into the … Continue reading

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Levels of Causation

In an article about an upcoming conference, John Allen reports: “I want to affirm, as an a priori, the compatibility of the theory of evolution with the message of the Bible and the church’s theology,” Ravasi said. Ravasi pointed out … Continue reading

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