A likely unlikely ally

According to an interview conducted by Associated Press,

a representative from the Vatican stated that religion is compatible with science and that a dialogue needs to be maintained so that science doesn't lead us down the road to the 'A-bomb' and religion isn't lead to fundamentalism.

This has been, in these two stories HERE and HERE, been interpreted as a denunciation of Intelligent Design and a support of evolution.

I would disagree in parts. Just because John Paul II's states that, "evolution is more than a hypothesis is more than proof" does not mean the Catholic Church believes in evolution completely. They just think it's plausible, moreso than Intelligent Design AS a science. But as a belief, that's exactly what they believe. I guess it's still debatable whether one can believe in the mechanics of evolution and still uphold a creator as source of evolution. I don't think they're incompatible, but I also don't think Evolution proponents should make make this a bigger deal than it really is.