| − | The Vatican announced in early 2009 that it would host an international conference in Rome in March of 2009 titled "Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories." The symposium will bring together scholars from a number of diverse fields, including not only molecular biology, paleontology, and anthropology, but natural philosophy and theology as well. At a press conference introducing the event, Fr. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, which was founded in 1984 by [[Opus Dei]],<ref>http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Pontifical-University-of-the-Holy-Cross</ref> expressed his personal opinion that "from the perspective of Christian theology, biological evolution and creation are by no means mutually exclusive..."<ref>http://www.dfwcatholic.org/international-conference-biological-evolution-facts-and-theories2450/.html</ref>
| + | Several Catholic universities announced in early 2009 that they would co-sponsor an international conference in Rome in March of 2009 titled "Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories." The symposium will bring together scholars from a number of diverse fields, including not only molecular biology, paleontology, and anthropology, but natural philosophy and theology as well. At a press conference introducing the event, Fr. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, which was founded in 1984 by [[Opus Dei]],<ref>http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Pontifical-University-of-the-Holy-Cross</ref> expressed his personal opinion that "from the perspective of Christian theology, biological evolution and creation are by no means mutually exclusive ... [but] I do not believe biological evolution is possible in a materialist world, without information, without direction, without a plan."<ref>http://www.dfwcatholic.org/international-conference-biological-evolution-facts-and-theories2450/.html</ref> |