Evolution: What the Church Actually Teaches - Explaining the Faith

Many of us are confused about evolution. What is evolution and does it go against the Bible? Does the Catholic Church say it is permissible to believe in evolution? If so, what kind of evolution? Join Fr. Chris Alar as he gives an actual easy answer to this centuries-long dilemma in this episode of Explaining the Faith ad discover what the the Catholic Church actually teaches.

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[metanoia]

Father, thank you so much for this talk. Our Lord gifted you with a rare ability to explain complex and nuanced truths in clear and readily comprehensible way. I listen to almost all your Saturday lectures multiple times because each one is so rich with treasures.

[Jackieebner]

Thank you, Father Chris! It makes me sad that you keep getting rude letters when you’re one of the few that’s actually speaking the truth and teaching true Catholicism. We need more catholic priests like you!! We all love you and we will continue to pray for you! May God bless you and may our Blessed Mother protect you always! ❤️

[ofeliacaballero]

Thank you for this talk on Evolution: What the Church Actually Teaches, Fr. Chris. So grateful for taking much of your time to research so as to give us a clear and right understanding of our faith and what we believe. “All truth comes from God.” This is the truth to defend our church and the surest way to our salvation. We make things so complicated, twisted them and we get lost away from the TRUTH. Jesus, have mercy on us and the whole world.

[johannamathieu]

God bless you, Fr. Chris, for having the courage to explain this controversial issue of Evolution. May God strengthen & protect you in your ministry. God bless the Marians.

[julietareyataza]

I am scientist from the Philippines, and the deeper I study science, the more I discover the wissom of God.

[sooraize]

Father Chris you are so excellent. I always love your presentation. ❤

[DemitriVladMaximov]

I am a Catholic, a geologist, and a paleontologist. I have had to deal with creationists and atheists constantly in my life and honestly both sides are blind and wrong because they won't sit down with an open mind and compare notes. The Bible is correct in that the earth was created in 6 days, and the geologic timeline of billions of years is correct. How? Time is relative. Gravity distorts time, and time is relative to the point of view of the observer. Genesis is observing events from the point of view of someone on Earth, with the time scale from the origin of the universe. As space stretched from the "Big Bang" as it is called, time was distorted along that expanding universe. For an example of this in our modern times, the space time the satellite system you are using for your GPS unit on your cellphone is slightly different from the one on your watch with the one in space being ahead by fractions of a second. Likewise on a record the outer part of the record and the center of a record (or cd or other wheel) is making the same number of rotations, but because you now have a greater distance to travel in the same time the outer part of the disk is moving faster than the center. And as we know the universe is expanding due to the observed action of red shift between galaxies, time and space are warped on a massive scale. If you want a more detailed explanation on the geologic timeline and how it works with Genesis, feel free to reply because I already have a 9 page paper on it as a guideline for how it is the same story.

[foofielou]

Thank you for taking me to Seminary. As a cradle Catholic, I never learned enough to defend the religion. I left for 33 years and joined a Non-Denominational Church. Father Chris, you have brought me back to the True Religion.

[marifavineles]

FINALLY, I now have a perfect answer & video for my son to see and listen to, as it is one of his question from high school and even now in his University years. THANK YOU SO MUCH FR.CRIS and YOUR TEAM for bringing us this much needed knowledge of our Catholic faith 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[berthahernandez]

Prayers for all the priests and religious. May they stay holy and faithful to God and the church🙏🏼❤️

[Mariann]

What a great talk!
Thank you Lord for all the good priests we still have !
Please all almighty God give us more holy Priests !! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you father Chris and May God bless you and always protect you !!!

[catrionab]

Thank you Fr. Chris from Ireland 🇮🇪. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing your faith with the world. I'm learning so much from you and I pray for you everyday 🙏 May God bless you and your community abundantly 🙏🕊🙏

[johndooley]

As a scientist retired, makes so much sense, thanks father

[cristinamarti]

Thank you very much dear Fr Chris God Bless you abundantly!!
I love all your conferences, thank you 🙏🏻 ❤

[celestial-mqsc]

I believe God designed evolution and that’s just one more reason he is truly incredible and incomprehensible for us humans. Praise HIS GENIUS!

[berthahernandez]

Prayers for all the Marian Helpers 🙏🏼❤Thank you Father Chris for all you do. God bless you.

[lynneeiaw]

Thank you for this great information about Evolution Fr. Chris. We thank God for you, for providing you the strength, the energy to do all of the research and prep for your talks! I’ve been learning so much and taking in as much as I can to remember what I am learning to share with 4th grade students in Religious Ed! We thank God for placing you in our lives! We pray for the Lord to continue to bless you and your staff and each wonderful person who works at the The National Shrine of Divine Mercy, especially Mary Kay, Mary and Chris, together with all of your families. The National Shrine of Divine Mercy is heaven here on earth! Blessings and Peace.

[shellbackbeau]

1:24 I haven't seen any evidence of evolution being real. I've seen evidence of de-evolution though.

[cheraybisaya]

Learned so much from an hour lecture, blessings to you Fr. Chris as always & the crew behind this wonderful clip!
Praying to all the priests & bishops worldwide, challenging to lead God's flock nowadays for sure, so much distractions in so many ways!

[bluschke]

Why couldn't the dinosaurs have existed along side people.