In an interesting followup to what John Paul said, Pope Benedict has just released a book called Creation and Evolution in which he asserts that "the theory of evolution is not a complete, scientifically proven theory." That should get people talking. In the context, I think he means that Evolution cannot be proven experimentally in the lab. I'm sure some scientists would argue that it doesn't need to be proven experimentally in the lab to be "scientifically proven". I admire him though for having the courage to stand up and take a stand, especially to the tendency of science to make philosophical pronouncements it has no business making.
Benedict is not afraid of a fight. I think we have the right man on the job.
Not afraid of a fight? Well, I'm not sure I'd say he's afraid of a fight, but he's fairly conciliatory, certainly not pugnacious. Not that I'm arguing he should fulfill the "God's Rottweiler" prophecy, to some degree conciliatory is good, but from what I've seen I'd be in favor of an ever-so-slightly more aggressive approach.