The article writes:
"Maybe we should abandon the idea of issuing apologies as if history was a court eternally in session," [Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's culture minister] said, adding that Darwin's theories were "never condemned by the Catholic Church nor was his book ever banned."
I was just wondering if anyone actually still respected the Pope's "power".
Does anyone actually read this and say "oh, well, I suppose I should change my view on evolution, then"?
Does the Vatican really believe they hold some sort of jurisdiction over other people's thoughts? As if there's some auditorium crammed full of empty minds just waiting to hear what they should and should not believe in?
Nevermind... I don't like where this train of thought is leading. The answer's 'yes', isn't it? This is basically what all religions do, isn't it? That makes me sad.