Intelligence Alert

My cousin emailed this article to me, Vatican: Faithful Should Listen to Science, which reported that Cardinal Paul Poupard, who heads the Pontifical Council for Culture, said that "the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into 'fundamentalism' if it ignores scientific reason."

The Catholic Church espousing rational thought towards science? No more dark ages for the Vatican? With this pontiff? Wow. I didn't know what to say. Could it be, said I? No, it wasn't.

According to this article, Pope Weighs in on Evolution Controversy, "Pope Benedict XVI has waded into the evolution debate in the United States, saying the universe was made by an "intelligent project'' and criticizing those who in the name of science say its creation was without direction or order."

"Intelligent design," yes. Evolution, no. Intelligence, no.

All is right with the Church. Or not.