When restoration of a Michelangelo painting in St. Peter’s at the Vatican revealed the later addition of some elements, the resulting dispute pit art against theology and history. Michelangelo expert William Wallace comments in the Independent.
Brother Guy Consolmagno (one of our best-loved authors) of the Vatican Observatory landed on the Colbert Report earler this month, and I totally missed it until now! Watch the video – endearing, funny, and informative.
They’ve had a rocky relationship in the past, but the Vatican has admitted that Darwin’s theory of evolution is perfectly legitimate, and further, even identifies evolutionary theory at work in the writings of both Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.
An article in the Telegraph even points out that the church is downplaying Intelligent Design, discussing it as [...]