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In 1950, [[Pope Pius XII]] forbade the [[theory of evolution]] being taught as true, although said that evidence for and against evolution should be considered.<ref>Keane, 1991, p.170.</ref>  In the ''[[Humani Generis]]'', the Pope forbade any Catholic from teaching anything contrary to the existence of one [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] as the parents of all mankind.<ref>Keane, 1991, p.177</ref>
 
In 1950, [[Pope Pius XII]] forbade the [[theory of evolution]] being taught as true, although said that evidence for and against evolution should be considered.<ref>Keane, 1991, p.170.</ref>  In the ''[[Humani Generis]]'', the Pope forbade any Catholic from teaching anything contrary to the existence of one [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] as the parents of all mankind.<ref>Keane, 1991, p.177</ref>
 
The theory of evolution, as it is commonly taught today, denies the existence of one Adam and Eve and thus undermines the concept of [[original sin]] that made necessary the [[Passion of Christ]].
 
The theory of evolution, as it is commonly taught today, denies the existence of one Adam and Eve and thus undermines the concept of [[original sin]] that made necessary the [[Passion of Christ]].
<!-- Comment: I am a roman catholic with many years of study and I can tell you the author of this paragraph has never read Humani Generis in his life. Humani Generis does not condemn nor condone the theory of evolution: it does condemns polygenesis but it NOT evolution itself.
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READ:For these reasons the Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God
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Quamobrem Ecclesiae Magisterium non prohibet quominus « evolutionismi » doctrina, quatenus nempe de humani corporis origine inquirit ex iam exsistente ac vivente materia oriundi — animas enim a Deo immediate creari catholica fides non retinere iubet — pro hodierno humanarum disciplinarum et sacrae theologiae statu, investigationibus ac disputationibus peritorum in utroque campo hominum pertractetur
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On October 23rd 1996, Pope [[John Paul II]] made a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and said:
 
On October 23rd 1996, Pope [[John Paul II]] made a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and said:
 
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