Creation in the News

The Kolbe Center Perspective on
of Creation, Evolution, Science and Theology in the News

Updated on
09 Sep 2007

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A Catholic Family Tour of the AIG Creation Museum  Mr. Eric Bermingham - advisor to the Kolbe Center - took the opportunity to share his experiences touring the new creation museum.  Read more...

Creation Museum Opening - A Cause of Concern for Some Evolutionists  Dr. Eugenie Scott - director of the evolution promoting organization, National Center for Science Education, is concerned about the new creation museum opening on May 29th. Read her letter and the reply from Kolbe Center advisor, Dr. Richard J. Neves.  Read more...

Evolution and Faith – What is at Stake? On April 12^th, 2007 Professor John Haught gave a presentation at Siena College in New York on his theology of evolution.  Read more...

Reply to Nature: Maciej Giertych responds to the Journal Nature on the criticism that he received for organizing the Oct. 11th seminar in the European Parliament on teaching about evolution in Europe.  Read more...

U.S. House Subcommittee Report Finds Institutionalized Persecution of Darwin Doubters:   Ever wonder what happens to a journal editor that permits a paper critical of evolution to get published? All hell breaks loose.  Read more...

Critical Science Begins to Cut Through Emotionalism and Censorship  The recent hearing on evolution at the European conference has generated quite a stir and has certainly gained the attention of evolutionists in Europe.  Read more...

Evolution in Action Part 3  Yet again the logical consequences of an evolutionary philosophy of life was brought into sharp focus during recent events. Check out these stories and how the media covers them.  Read more...

Evolutionary Theory Dismissed at European Parliament Seminar Wednesday, October 11th was an historic day in the life of the European Parliament. Polish member of the European Parliament, Maciej Giertych, retired head of the Genetics Department of the Polish Academy of Science, and father of Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Roman Giertych, introduced a public seminar on the General Theory of Evolution to fellow MEP's.  Read more...

Schulerkreis, Mass Media and Mass Hysteria The eagerly awaited discussions on Creation and evolution of the "Schulerkreis", former doctoral students of His Holiness, Benedict XVI, have come and gone. These informal discussions, the subject matter of which is chosen by the former students, are held every year without great fanfare. Not surprisingly, this year's topic generated wide ranging media interest and prediction that covered all possible outcomes.  Read more...

Biology Lessons -  Evolutionist Style One would expect such a prominent public figure as Dr. Kenneth Miller to know his subject backwards and forwards. And so a little research was done to test the accuracy of Dr. Miller's claims.  Read more...

Mt. St. Helens - Still Rocking the Long Ages of Evolutionary Time An impressive rock slab is growing from one of the craters on Mt. St. Helens at a rate of more than one meter per day. A new dome is also developing, and stands a good four hundred feet higher in altitude than the 1980's dome. The slab, which is more than one hundred meters long, has only been forming since November 2005, but looks to all the world as though it could have been there for millions of years of alleged geological time. Read more...

Kolbe Center for the Study of Paganism!?
It is rather difficult to comprehend but, if you sympathize with the apostolate of the Kolbe Center, you are apparently a pagan. At least according to Brother Guy Consolmagno, a cosmologist, who is attached to the Vatican Observatory. Read more ...

Science Implicitly Recognizes Design, Not Chance
Evolutionism teaches its followers that blind chance underlies the developmental mechanisms of the structural components of life. Although many scientists may pay unthinking lip service to this philosophical assumption, practical reality dictates that scientific research operates upon the acknowledgement of design.
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Fishy Fairytales
The very name Tiktaalik raises an immediate smile (just say it over and over again a few times). So humorous in fact, it managed front page headlines in much of the major press. 
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Evolution Theory 'Absurd'
On April 6^th, a Catholic News Service story was published containing the babbling of a Father George Coyne, SJ., the director of the Vatican Observatory.  He calls the concept of Intelligent Design “absurd” while in reality he has no clue what it is. Read more ...

Follow Those Footprints
What are we to conclude when giant human footprints are uncovered or when  present in the same sedimentary layers as the dinosaurs? Read more ...

Evolution in Action Part 1 and Part 2
The philosophy of evolution, its pseudo-scientific expressions, and the cold, callous mindset produced by them, have been responsible for inducing incomprehensible misery and suffering throughout the world. The loss of faith of millions upon millions of people has been mirrored by the rise of evolutionary influence over society...  Read more - part 1 and Read more - part 2

Evolution Deceives Quebec Priests - Critics of Church Teaching on Homosexual Condition
Nineteen priests from Quebec, Canada engendered great scandal with a public letter on February 26th 2006. The open letter, printed in the Montreal newspaper "La Presse' called, "Trop, c'est trop!" (Enough is enough!"), goes on to challenge the Church's perennial teaching that sodomy is immoral and against the natural, as well as Divine Law. Furthermore, the priests use the discredited theory of evolution to justify their position. Read more...

Comet Dust is Driving NASA Scientists Wild too!
The Stardust researchers have found a rather big surprise awaiting them. It turns out that the comet, which traveled a lonely path in the coldest regions of the solar system, is not just made from ice, space dust and gasses, as assumed, but contains a large amount of mineral substances that only form at extremely high temperatures. "Remarkably enough, we have found fire and ice"... Read more...

"God did not design me," to Coyne a Phrase! Evolutionists are becoming rather worried about the distinct lack of success at indoctrinating American students with the wonders of their mythological creed. Notwithstanding the support of biased judges in U.S. Courtrooms, they have decided that they must launch a propaganda offensive to try and win the hearts and souls of the coming generations of young Americans. Read more...

England Waives the Rules
England used to be known for ruling the waves. Now it seems that it is about to start waiving the rules! For three decades great battles have been fought in courtrooms across America about whether or not teaching the science of Creation, and more lately Intelligent Design, should be allowed in science classrooms. Read more...

Dr. Henry Morris, RIP
Dr. Henry M. Morris, founder and President Emeritus of the Institute for Creation Research, has gone to his eternal reward at the age of 87. Dr. Morris is considered by friend and foe alike to be the father of the modern Creation Science movement. Read more...

Mammalian Fossils Savage Evolution
A newly discovered mammalian fossil in China is adding to evolutionary woes. The well preserved beaver-like creature has turned up in rock layers considered to be 164 million years old by those indoctrinated with evolutionary philosophy. Read more...

Another Dead-end for Evolution
It appears that the most popular evolutionary assumption for the beginning of life has come to an empirically abrupt dead-end. It is dead in the water - marine hydrothermal and volcanic spring water, to be precise. Read more...

A Second Letter to Answers in Genesis

The speakers from the UK for Answer in Genesis have made a thoughtful response to Hugh Owen's letter. The Kolbe Center acknowledges their main point but also makes a few of their own regarding the role of the Magisterium and the canon of Scripture. Read AIG article here.

A Letter to Answers in Genesis

Hugh Owen responds to an Answers in Genesis (AIG) article on the Catholic Church and “The Gift of Scripture” by Dr. A. J. Monty White, October 7, 2005. The article addresses the doctrinal authority of the interpretation of Genesis offered by two high-ranking Roman Catholic bishops in Great Britain.

Cardinal Schonborn Statement on Evolution - July 14, 2005

As most of you know, a major event took place on the origins front last Friday, when the New York Times published a letter by Cardinal Schonborn--with the blessing in advance of Pope Benedict XVI--dismissing as unfounded any and all claims that the Catholic Faith is compatible with Darwinian evolution. This action may be the first positive step by the Vatican leadership on the origins front since the monitum against the writings of Teilhard de Chardin in the 1960's. But much work remains to be done.

Read more in our newsletter:  Newsletter Number 8 - July 2005

Third International Catholic Conference on Creation
Held October 15-27, 2004

      Over two hundred people turned out on October 15-17, 2004 at Christendom College in Front Royal, VA to hear world class Catholic experts teach on the subject of theology, philosophy and natural science defending the topic of Genesis as true history. The Third International Catholic Conference on Creation gave attendees the opportunity to evaluate the evidence for special creation and the literal historical interpretation of Genesis and to decide for themselves whether compromise approaches such as theistic evolution or special creation better explains the facts of Scripture, tradition and natural science. 

Conference speakers included:

Dr. Joseph Mastropaolo, Professor emeritus, California State University (hear mp3 sample);

Gerard J. Keane, Australian author of Creation Rediscovered (hear mp3 sample);
Mr. Robert Sungenis, President of Catholic Apologetics International (hear mp3 sample);

Fr. James Anderson, of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles, a philosopher (hear mp3 sample);

Fr. Victor Warkulwiz, theologian and physicist;

Dr. Joseph Strada, an aerospace engineer (hear mp3 sample);

Dr. Robert Bennett, physicist;

Mr. Jamey Turner, lecturer and glass harpist (hear mp3 sample);

Dr. Robin Bernhoft M.D., surgeon (hear mp3 sample);

Mr. Gerry Matatics, President of Biblical Foundations International (hear mp3 sample);

Mr. Salvatore J. Ciresi, Lecturer in Catechetics, Christendom College (hear mp3 sample);

Fr. Brian Harrison, M.A., S.T.D., Professor of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

The Kolbe Center responds to This Rock and Karl Keating

The founder and president of Catholic Answers, Karl Keating, presents a critical view of geological catastrophism and a young earth in an article entitled, "Grand Canyon Refutes Young Earth Theory" in the July-August issue of This Rock Magazine.

Dr. Bennett, from the Kolbe Center advisory council, and Hugh Owen, director of the Kolbe Center, have organized a response along with a collection of editorial replies that were not published by This Rock magazine.

Read The Rocky Halls of This Rock: Rocky Theology and Science?

Dr. Mullan and Kolbe Center Dialogue Continues

Dr. Mullan has drafted a response to the Kolbe Center critique of his article, "How Old is the Earth?". Following this response is another reply to Dr. Mullan from H. Owen and Dr. Robert Bennett.

Response to H Owen and R Bennett critique of "How Old is the Earth?"
by Dermott J. Mullan

A Reply to Dr. Mullan's Response to Our Critique of "The Age of the Earth"
by Hugh Owen and Robert Bennett

The links to the original articles can be found below.

Proceedings of 2002 Rome Symposium
(Hard cover, $25.00; spiral bound, $15.00)

Read the proceedings of the presentations on special creation made before the Vatican officials in Rome. The proceedings contain over 400 pages of outstanding contributions from theologians, philosphers, and natural scientists, including Bishop Andreas Laun, Fr. Victor Warkulwiz, Fr. Brian Harrison, Fr. Johannes Grun, Dr. Josef Seifert, Dr. Dominique Tassot, Guy Berthault, Dr. Robert Gentry, Robert Sungenis, Dr. Robert Bennett, Dr. Maciej Giertych, Dr. Robin Bernhoft, Dr. Christian Bizouard, and Dr. Arthur Gohin.  Please pray that this book of proceedings will open the eyes of many Church leaders to the importance of a complete restoration of the traditional Catholic teaching on creation. See the above links for sample papers. Proceedings can be order from the web store.

The Kolbe Center responds to the 
New Oxford Review !

The April issue of New Oxford Review (NOR) featured an article entitled,  “How Old is the Earth?” by Dr. Dermott Mullan. The article is critical of biological evolution but is very conciliatory towards cosmic evolution, the big bang theory and a great age of the universe. The article mentions recent activities of the Kolbe Center and the growth of young earth creationism within the Catholic Church. The article rightly takes a dim view of fundamentalism, defined as a literal interpretation of the Bible without regard to historical or literary context, Sacred Tradition, or the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.  However, it strongly implies that anyone who believes in a literal historical interpretation of Genesis and a (relatively) young earth is ipso facto a “fundamentalist.” 

Cover letter requesting publication in the New Oxford Review

Kolbe Center Response Article

Dr. Mullan's article

Gerry Keane responds to Dr. Mullan

Originally published in the New Oxford Review, Gerry includes a few more tidbits for Kolbe Center readers that were removed by the NOR editors. Read Gerry Keane's unedited response -  
I am not a Fundamentalist.