Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation

Pope Pius XI firmly rejected Catholic support for theistic evolution in the 20th century

The effective silencing of Catholic criticism of the mass media’s push for the teaching of evolution as fact in all government schools helped to pave the way for one of the greatest abuses of natural science in the history of the world.

Opinion

Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation

• Feb 4, 2025Feb 4, 2025

Pope Pius XI exposed the scientific and theological weakness of Darwin’s theory

Alongside a lack of scientific evidence for the evolutionary proposition of natural selection and ‘unknown internal causes’ supposedly driving transformations, Pope Pius XI shows the philosophical impossibility of Darwin’s theory.

Opinion

Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation

• Feb 3, 2025Feb 4, 2025

Pope Pius XI refuted Darwinism 100 years ago, but his lessons have not been learned

In assessing natural selection, spontaneous generation, and the evolutionary mechanisms expounded by Charles Darwin, Pope Pius XI found they fail under scrutiny, highlighting gaps and debunking falsehoods created by its proponents to prop up the evolutionary theory.

Opinion

Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation

• Jan 31, 2025Feb 4, 2025

How Pope Pius XI defended the history of Genesis, special creation of St. Adam

Before becoming Pope Pius XI, Fr. Achille Ratti wrote a theological work supporting Adam’s special creation – an argument he upheld throughout his life, countering growing scientific and theological shifts toward evolution.

Opinion

Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation

• Jan 30, 2025Feb 4, 2025

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Pope Pius XI firmly rejected Catholic support for theistic evolution in the 20th century

Pope Pius XI exposed the scientific and theological weakness of Darwin’s theory

Pope Pius XI refuted Darwinism 100 years ago, but his lessons have not been learned

How Pope Pius XI defended the history of Genesis, special creation of St. Adam