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Re:Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are r... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @09:33AM (#8520824)
As noted in the article, it is new in that it us seen as a return to the position of John Paul II from which Benedict XVI was seen to retreat.
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Re:Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are r... by k-mcgrady on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @10:57AM (#8521258)
The only evidence given in the article that the previous pope refuted evolution wasn't even from him - it was from something written by one of his advisors as the article states. Seems like it was more of a 'we can make it sound like the previous guy backtracked so lets write a headline to make it sound like something we thought would never happen has happened even though the original thing never happened".

NB: Sorry if I sound a bit aggressive but this article has nothing to do with HN and is click bait. No idea why it was submitted.

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Re:Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are r... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @11:25AM (#8521426)
> The only evidence given in the article that the previous pope refuted evolution wasn't even from him - it was from something written by one of his advisors as the article states.

Its important to understand that, in general, fairly major shifts in the approach of the heirarchy on issues in the Catholic Church are often signaled by very subtle differences in wording from the Pope and/or his inner circle.

> Sorry if I sound a bit aggressive but this article has nothing to do with HN and is click bait.

If that's your opinion (rather than that it is relevant to HN but merely has points that are worthy of debate), you probably should have flagged instead of commenting.

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