Stacy A. Trasancos, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

“First Human” Discovered in Ethiopia: What It Means For Catholics

Posted by Stacy A. Trasancos | Mar 11, 2015 | Faith and Science, Regular Feature |

Last week, Professor Brian Villmoare’s team at the University of Nevada Las Vegas reported...

Pope Benedict XVI on Creation and Evolution: “Complementary Realities”

Posted by Stacy A. Trasancos | Mar 4, 2015 | Faith and Science, Regular Feature |

In 1981, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Ratzinger, developed a catechesis for adults on the creation narratives because, he noted, creation catechesis was nearly absent from teaching, preaching, and theology. His...

Five Questions From Catholics About Evolution

Posted by Stacy A. Trasancos | Feb 25, 2015 | Faith and Science, Regular Feature |

In elementary school, children learn about dinosaurs and fossils, how fossils form, how...

You are Dust: The Chemical Origin of Life

Posted by Stacy A. Trasancos | Feb 18, 2015 | Faith and Science, Regular Feature |

On Ash Wednesday, the minister marks the cross on our foreheads with ashes and says, “Remember, you are dust and to dust you will return.” It is a reminder that we are human, that in death our bodies will remain on the earth and...