Thank you to Fr. Michael Chaberek for agreeing to this interview and for offering an alternative to the standard acceptance of evolution by Catholics today.
Kaleb Hammond:
Thank you for agreeing to this interview, Father. To start, could you please tell us a little about yourself and your work?
Fr. Michael Chaberek, OP:
I am a Dominican Friar of the Polish Province. I got my doctorate in Systematic Theology from Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (2011) and the habilitation from Nicholaus Copernicus University in Torun (2025). I am a founder and director of Steno Institute for Faith and Science. My academic focus is on the relation between faith and science. I promote a new synthesis of theology, philosophy and science, which draws on the best of each of these levels (or domains) of knowledge. I propose that new evidence should make Catholics and other Christians abandon theistic evolution (i.e. the idea that God used evolution in creating the universe) and adopt intelligent design and the concept of progressive creation. In my publications, I show how the classic Catholic philosophy supports this new synthesis.
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