When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities. Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve. ✨ Pope Francis: 'Evolution ... is not inconsistent with the notion of creation'. www.ncronline.org. October 27, 2014.
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