Category: Editorial
Mass Readings-Third Week of Easter
MAY 5 – THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER. Mass of the Sunday, Gloria, Creed, Easter preface…
People urged not to lose hope for democracy
HONG KONG (SE): The people of Hong Kong were urged not to lose hope and…
Occupy activists found guilty but the conflict remains unsettled
On April 24, a judge at the West Kowloon Court passed sentence on four of…
Conscientious objection is part of religious freedom
VATICAN (CNS): Full recognition of religious freedom must include recognition of the right of believers…
Humanity’s ancestors and the evolving journey of prehumans
The priest, who also taught paleoanthropology and paleobiology, noted that Catholic teaching says God created all things from nothing, but it doesn’t say how, which leaves open the possibilities of evolutionary mechanisms like random mutation and natural selection.
Pope St. John Paul II said faith in God the creator and a “correct teaching of evolution” are not at odds and “evolution, in fact, presupposes creation.”











