Pope Francis is surprised by this statement, God has no magic wand...” (Video/Photo)

Speaking at the Pope's Academy of Sciences, the pope made comments saying the theory of evolution and the Big Bang are real, reports the Independent”, Periscopi broadcast.

Francis explained that both scientific theories were not inconsistent with the existence of a creator, arguing that the two theories of the “demanded” the beginning of God.

When we read about creation and Genesis, we risk imagining that God was a sorcerer, with a magic wand capable of doing anything. But that is not true”, Pope Francisescu said.

“Big Bang, which today we say is the origin of the world, does not oppose the intervention of the divine creator, but, in fact, requires it”, he added.

The evolution in nature is not contrary to the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve”, he said.

The Catholic Church has long had a reputation for being anti-sciential should be remembered when Galileo faced the Inquisition and was forced to withdraw his <x0hered theory” where he said the earth was moving around the sun.

But Pope Francis' comments were more in line with the progressive work of Pope Pius XII, who opened the door to the idea of evolution and actively welcomed the Big Bang theory.

In 1996, John Paul II went further and suggested that evolution was “more than a hypothesis” and “effectively verified”.

Recently, however, Benedict XVI and his close advisers have apparently supported the idea that intelligent design supports evolution that natural selection itself is insufficient to explain the complexity of the world.. /Periscopi/