Pope Francis became Pope in March 2013. In less than 2 years he has managed to win hearts and minds all over the world. Not only has he managed to capture the imagination of Catholics, he has managed to get ex Catholics once again interested in listening and rethinking.
Pope Francis simplicity and humility which he practices more than preaches makes for an extremely refreshing and previously unseen approach to the papacy.
His observations about evolution, divorce, gays and lesbians, social issues and a myriad of topics are reasonable, practical and forward thinking. A complete contrast to the rare comments that traditionally had been emerging from the Vatican.
In a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Science, the Pope said that the theories of evolution and the Big Bang were not incompatible with the existence of a creator. He held that the scientific theory of the beginning of the earth was accurate as opposed to the conservatively held belief of the earth being created in 7 days by God.
"The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it."
He went on to say that evolution was
"more than a hypothesis" and "effectively proven fact".
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pope.francis.backs.science.against.creationism.in.vatican.speech/42268.htm
Pope Francis has managed to change the catholic church and its traditional unwillingness to be forward thinking and practical and insistence on being literal in its interpretations. Pope Francis has made the Catholic church modern, meaningful and relevant.
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