Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Coyne Rumors "Absolutely False"
The Arizona Daily Star reports that in "an e-mail statement sent to 'friends' on an Internet mailing list, [Father Jose] Funes said the rumors that [Father George] Coyne was replaced [as Director of the Vatican Observatory] because of his stance on Intelligent Design were 'absolutely false.' He said Coyne requested in May that church officials in Rome replace him."