Cardinal Schoenborn evolves:
Tonight he delivered a 62-minute lecture here in Manhattan outlining a judicious middle ground on the controversy, accepting the scientific evidence on evolution but rejecting the philosophical claims that evolution disproves the existence of God or of purpose in the universe. (He said that it was time to reclaim Darwin from Darwinism.) The evening’s fireworks came when a representative of a traditional Catholic group called the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation asked the cardinal whether he would be interested in scientific evidence that disproves evolution. The cardinal dismissed the notion, replying that “I’m sorry,” but creation did not take six chronological days. He added that the same sort of biblical exegesis that led to such a conclusion would also require belief that the sun literally stood still in one of Joshua’s battles (Jos. 10:13).
Good for him. Hat Tip, DarwinCatholic.
Update: on the other hand, as John Lynch points out (sigh), he’s still giving entirely too much credence to the Discovery Institute…