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Can Catholics Believe Theistic Evolution?

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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The Magisterium's Arguments for Theistic Evolution

The magisterium at least indicates that theistic evolution is compatible with, and science is compatible with divine revelation on this subject. In his talks, Pius XII cites various scientific evidences for an old Earth. The Magisterium doesn't view cosmological evolution as something that's incompatible with Christian faith. John Paul II says scientifically, we now have multiple lines of evidence that are not forged or coerced.

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