Hang on, hang on. My impression was that that Vatican had acknowledged evolution AGES ago. Catholicism does not equal creationism, and tends to go the 'intelligent design' route. How is this all new?

Lapsed Catholic here. There is a lot that I disagree with the church on, but when people talk out their ass and take any opportunity to shit on it "BECAUSE RELIGION" is annoying as fuck.

It's not a big deal at all, as the pope is merely repeating the Catholic Church's official stance on the matter of evolution. It's only a big deal if you were previously unaware of that stance.

It's not a big deal at all.

The Catholic Church has never opposed the Theory of Evolution, and it was a Catholic priest and physics professor who originally proposed what's now known as the Big Bang Theory.

The people who think the Catholic Church opposed Evolution or BBT simply don't know what they're talking about, or…

I'm 34 years old and this is what I was taught was true my entire life. Creationism is the habit of a particular sort of Protestant (certainly not most of them either).

I feel similarly annoyed. Just commiserating.

It's not if you are/were a practicing Catholic. I went to a super creepy Opus Dei school and even those nut jobs taught evolution.

Not. The Church hasn't argued with evolution in more than a half century.

This is so annoying. There are many, many things wrong with the Catholic Church but the belief that evolution does not conflict with Catholic teaching has been upheld since the 1950s. Catholic fundamentalism really is quite a different thing from Protestant fundamentalism.

Not at all. The Church has been down with Darwin and the BBT for decades.

You are right. Pope John Paul II was pretty clear about it.

As has been pointed out numerous times on any number of outlets (including Gawker), this is not new for Catholics. Catholicism has never believed in Biblical literalism, evolution has pretty much always been a non-controversial idea, and the guy who first proposed the Big Bang Theory, Georges Lemaître, was a Catholic…

Paul Rudd would probably not be wearing a Yankees hat (BECAUSE THEY SUCK) (because he is a lifelong Royals fan). But Royals hats are blue, as well.

Fiesta Lime Chicken is amazing. No food-shaming here.... I stan for Fiesta Lime Chicken all day.

I actually know a lot of deeply religious people who support reproductive rights and struggle with reconciling their faith and their political/social beliefs. I think they are absolutely capable of intelligent discourse and have witnessed it many times.

Wait, wait, wait, hold the phone, Wiz Khalifa is only 27? God, I hate being reminded of how many people are my age or younger that are astronomically more successful than me.

As a bonus, it's hilarious and adorable to hear my two year old say "Hi Penis!" when I change his diaper in the morning.

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

It's like the LA Times EIC saw the Shonda Rhimes story and said "Fuck that. We can be just as tone deaf and racist as you East Coast bastards can." and then went to the bathroom and sent the contents down to the printing press.