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National Catholic Reporter, Jan 25, 2008
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, a Venezuelan-born Princeton scientist who is a strong environmentalist and believer in global warming, was appointed Jan. 10 to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Vatican's chief think tank on scientific issues, by Pope Benedict XVI. He has said that Darwinian evolution poses no conflict with religious faith and that the rival school of intelligent design has been "completely rejected" on a purely scientific basis. He is a hydrologist.
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