| − | 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, 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> | + | 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> |