Vatican says to "listen to Science"

[donsu]

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2005/11/03/vatican_faithful_should_listen_to_science/

Vatican: Faithful should listen to science

A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific reason.

Cardinal Paul Poupard, who heads the Pontifical Council for Culture, made the comments at a news conference on a Vatican project to help end the "mutual prejudice" between religion and science that has long bedeviled the Roman Catholic Church and is part of the evolution debate in the United States.

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Poupard went on to say that science should listen to religion, etc., etc.

but I'm thanking Paul Poupard for speaking up for Science

[Book Lover]

1. Interesting

I'll have to find out more about this Vatican-sponsored project...

[formerrepuke]

2. That's refreshing to hear from the Vatican- but as far as fundies

in this country are concerned (who are mostly non-Catholic), the Vatican is just hell's waiting room- and they couldn't care less what statements are made from there

[fishwax]

3. Science can be dangerous at times, but fundamentalism is a much

greater risk.