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Pope weighs in on creation controversy
Intelligent-design advocates hail Benedict’s criticism of ‘scientific’ atheism
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Pope Benedict XVI sits under Bernini's Chair of St. Peter in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as he celebrates a Mass on Friday.
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Updated: 5:54 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2005
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has waded into the evolution debate in the United States, saying the universe was made by an “intelligent project” and criticizing those who in the name of science say its creation was without direction or order.
Benedict made the off-the-cuff comments during his general audience Wednesday. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, published the full text of his remarks in its Thursday editions.
Benedict focused his reflections for the audience on scriptural readings that said God’s love was seen in the “marvels of creation.”...