Does the catholic church accept the theory of evolution?

Question

Elephant, Manatees and Hyrax are all evolved from a single ancestor. If you watch them closely then you can see the similarities.

Answer 1

Yes, I think it does accept the theory of evolution, or at least has no objection to it.

" In the 1950 encyclical Humani generis, Pope Pius XII confirmed that there is no intrinsic conflict between [Roman Catholic]  Christianity and the theory of evolution, provided that Christians believe that the individual soul is a direct creation by God and not the product of purely material forces.^[1] Today, the Church supports theistic evolution(ism), also known as evolutionary creation,^[2] although Catholics are free not to believe in any part of evolutionary theory."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_evolution

Answer 2

No. The Christian churches deny it.

Comments

Formerly, yes, but read the whole history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_evolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_of_evolution_by_religious_groups

https://souloftheeast.org/2016/05/13/orthodoxy-evolution/

Answer 3

Well, T(h)ink was again faster - lol.

Yes, we tend to forget that modern humans are also mammals:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal

with a common link to the above mentioned "Paeungulata" (Elefant, Manatee and Dugong, Hyrax)

and most other mammals, except for monotremata and marsupials, which split at an earlier stage:

i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placentalia

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paenungulata

No need to repeat everything:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humani_generis

It took, though, a long time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_religion_and_science