鈥淓volution in the sense of common ancestry might be true, but evolution in the neo-Darwinian sense 鈥� an unguided, unplanned process of random variation and natural selection 鈥� is not.鈥�
Christoph Sch枚nborn, cardinal archbishop of Vienna and close associate of Pope Benedict XVI, attempts to clarify the late Pope John Paul II鈥檚 1996 statement which said evolution was 鈥渕ore than just a hypothesis鈥� (The New York Times, 7 July)
鈥淚 asked the president if he gave me permission to put the neutralisation plan into action. He gave me his agreement.鈥�
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Admiral Pierre Lacoste, head of France鈥檚 intelligence service 20 years ago when it sank Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior, on how Fran莽ois Mitterrand personally approved the operation (The Daily Telegraph, London, 11 July)
鈥淭he Church has always been opposed to the advances of science, but fortunately science has continued progressing, and thanks to that we live in better conditions.鈥�
Spain鈥檚 health minister Elena Salgado announces plans to legalise therapeutic cloning research (Reuters, 11 July, from an interview in El Mundo, Madrid)
鈥淭he ones who die are the ones you don鈥檛 want your daughter or your son to socialise with. They drink. They drive too fast. They use crack cocaine. They get caught up in drive-bys.鈥�
Transplant surgeon G枚ran Klintmalm of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, on the profile of modern-day organ donors (The New York Times, 10 July)