Benedict XVI – aware

There seems to be at least one catholic being aware he is a creationist and deplore the fact that the doctrine of creation had almost disappeared from theology.

And this is Joseph Ratzinger, alias Benedict XVI :

In recent decades the doctrine of creation had almost disappeared from theology; it was almost imperceptible, » he contended. « We are now aware of the damage that this has caused. […] If we do not proclaim God in his full grandeur — as Creator and as Redeemer — we also diminish the value of the redemption.

Well, he is just the Pope.

Nothing new of course, I just keep the info handy as a reminder for Kenneth Miller and Jean Staune (& others), two roman catholics who think the catholic church isn’t creationist.

[update]
And this this the paragraph where the above excerpt comes from, without the journalists editing :

In recent decades the doctrine of Creation had almost disappeared from theology, it was almost imperceptible. We are now aware of the damage that this has caused. The Redeemer is the Creator and if we do not proclaim God in his full grandeur — as Creator and as Redeemer — we also diminish the value of the Redemption.

Indeed, if God has no role in Creation, if he is relegated merely to a historical context, how can he truly understand the whole of our life? How will he be able to bring salvation to man in his entirety and to the world in its totality?

This is why, for me, the renewal of the doctrine of Creation and a new understanding of the inseparability of Creation and Redemption are of supreme importance. We must recognize anew: He is the Creator Spiritus, the Reason that exists in the beginning, from which all things are born and of which our own reason is but a spark.

And it is he, the Creator himself, who did and can enter into history and operate in it precisely because he is the God of the whole and not only of a part. If we recognize this it will obviously follow that the Redemption, being Christian, and simply Christian faith, also means responsibility always and everywhere with regard to creation.

(emphasis mine) Now, come again and explain me that christian roman catholics are not creationists. Nope, I was wrong, don’t explain me! Try to explain that to the Pope himself, that would be much funnier.