Both/And of Catholicism

"In Rome this week, a blow was struck for the sane middle on the most vexed issue in the modern relationship between faith and science: the theory of evolution."

Mr. John L. Allen Jr. included more in his weekly online essay. The lead story is about the announcement of

a major academic conference in March 2009, organized by the Jesuit-run Gregorian University in Rome and the University of Notre Dame in the United States, and co-sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Culture. The title is "Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories," to be held at the Gregorian in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the Origin of Species.

Learn who was responsible for this by reading Mr. Allen's online essay.