Catholic Church and Evolution - Unofficial Catholic Organizations

Unofficial Catholic Organizations

See also: List of Catholic creationist organisations

There have been several organizations composed of Catholic laity and clergy which have advocated positions both supporting evolution and opposed to evolution. For example:

• The Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation operates out of Mt. Jackson, Virginia and is a Catholic lay apostolate promoting creationism.

• The "Faith Movement" was founded by Catholic Fr. Edward Holloway in Surrey, England and "argues from Evolution as a fact, that the whole process would be impossible without the existence of the Supreme Mind we call God."

• The "Daylight Origins Society" was founded in 1971 by John G. Campbell (d.1983) as the "Counter Evolution Group". Its goal is "to inform Catholics and others of the scientific evidence supporting Special Creation as opposed to Evolution, and that the true discoveries of Science are in conformity with Catholic doctrines." It publishes the "Daylight" newsletter.

• The Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute was founded, in part, by Catholic biochemist Michael Behe, who is currently a senior fellow at the Center.

There are many Catholic organizations who gain insight into the relation between Catholic faith and evolution theory from the writings of Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin S.J. Despite occasional objections to aspects of his thought, Teilhard was never condemned by the magisterial church.

The website "catholic.net", successor to the "Catholic Information Center on the Internet", sometimes features polemics against evolution. Many "traditionalist" organizations are also opposed to evolution, see e.g. the theological journal Living Tradition.