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Do Catholics believe in evolution?

Church teaching

Answered on video by The Thomistic Institute (Dominican friars)

Video: Are Creation and Evolution Compatible? (Aquinas 101), The Thomistic Institute, published Jan 24, 2022. Checked 10 October 2026. Loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only when you press play. Watch on YouTube

In short: Faith and reason can’t really fight, because the same God gave you both. Science asks how; faith asks why. CCC 159 CCC 283

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

There can never be a real conflict between faith and reason, because the same God gave us both, and truth can’t contradict truth. CCC 159

The Catechism welcomes scientific study of the age of the cosmos, the development of life-forms and the appearance of man, which should lead us to even greater admiration for the Creator. CCC 283

Our words

Catholics can accept the science of evolution. What the Church insists on is that God is the Creator and that each human soul is directly made by Him. Science asks how; faith asks why.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 159, 283 (official text on vatican.va).

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