Cardinal Responds in Latest Issue of First Things
Cardinal Schonborn has responded to an opinion piece by Stephen M. Barr published in this October's issue of First Things. The Cardinal's response, which will appear in the January issue, is the clearest and most complete articulation of his position yet:
"In July 2005 the New York Times published my short essay 'Finding Design in Nature.' The reaction has been overwhelming, and not overwhelmingly positive. In the October issue of First Things, Stephen Barr honored me with a serious response, one fairly representative of the reaction of many Catholics.
I fear, however, that Barr has misunderstood my argument and possibly misconceived the issue of whether the human intellect can discern the reality of design in the world of living things."
The entire article can be read on the First Things website here.
Our short summary of the debate as it stands is available here.
Finally, Cardinal Schonborn has delivered the third part of his series of Catechetical Lectures at St. Stephansdom in Vienna (also on the subject of evolution). The homily is currently available in German here. An English translation is expected shortly.
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