Church warns cell scientists not to play God

Catholic Church officials says the recently created first synthetic cell could be a positive development if correctly used, but warned scientists that only God can create life.

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“We look at science with great interest. But we think above all about the meaning that must be given to life,” Fisichella told state-run RAI television. “We can only reach the conclusion that we need God, the origin of life.”

So, if I understand this correctly, the RC church accepts evolution, but maintains research into abiogenesis will be fruitless?