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- Pope Pius XII stated in his encyclical Humani Generis(1950) that there was no opposition between evolution and the doctrine of the faith and that he considered the doctrine of "evolutionism" a serious hypothesis, worthy of investigation and in-depth study equal to that of the opposing hypothesis;
- Pope John Paul II, in an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996), said that new knowledge has led to the recognition of the theory of evolution as more than a hypothesis;
- Pope Benedict has backed "theistic evolution" which considers that God created life through evolution with no clash between religion and science.
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Catholic AnswerThe Church take no official stand on evolution, but teaches that it is a theory which is consistent with Divine Revelation to some extent:.
from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
Materialistic evolution is contrary to Christian revelation. Theistic evolution is compatible with Christianity provided it postulates the special divine providence as regards the human body and the separate creation of each human soul.
The opinions of various Popes regarding this are noted in the answer above.
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