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nytimes.com/2006/01/19/science/sciencespecial2/19evolution.html?ei=5094&en=0f4621279594535b&hp=&ex=1137646800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=printJanuary 19, 2006
** In ‘Design’ vs. Darwinism, Darwin Wins Point in Rome **
ROME, Jan. 18 - The official Vatican newspaper published an article this week labeling as “correct” the recent decision by a judge in Pennsylvania that intelligent design should not be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution.
“If the model proposed by Darwin is not considered sufficient, one should search for another,” Fiorenzo Facchini, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Bologna, wrote in the Jan. 16-17 edition of the paper, L’Osservatore Romano.
“But it is not correct from a methodological point of view to stray from the field of science while pretending to do science,” he wrote, calling intelligent design unscientific. “It only creates confusion between the scientific plane and those that are philosophical or religious.”
The Vatican seems to be taking this quite seriously and has been really pushing back over the past several months. I think they are worried about Catholics being overly influenced by the fundamentalist crowd.
** In ‘Design’ vs. Darwinism, Darwin Wins Point in Rome **
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By [IAN FISHER](http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=IAN%20FISHER&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=IAN%20FISHER&inline=nyt-per) and [CORNELIA DEAN](http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=CORNELIA%20DEAN&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=CORNELIA%20DEAN&inline=nyt-per)“If the model proposed by Darwin is not considered sufficient, one should search for another,” Fiorenzo Facchini, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Bologna, wrote in the Jan. 16-17 edition of the paper, L’Osservatore Romano.
“But it is not correct from a methodological point of view to stray from the field of science while pretending to do science,” he wrote, calling intelligent design unscientific. “It only creates confusion between the scientific plane and those that are philosophical or religious.”
The Vatican seems to be taking this quite seriously and has been really pushing back over the past several months. I think they are worried about Catholics being overly influenced by the fundamentalist crowd.
