This has been making the rounds recently. I usually avoid that, but I like this one.
The pope's astronomer, Brother Guy J. Consolmagno (wikipedia), made statements lately revealing once again that he is basically a cool dude. (In support, observe that the man looks like a cross between Stephen King and Jason Blood.)
Brother Consolmagno drops a smattering of choice ideas and statements in this short Guardian article which I will let you read on your own time.
The clever soundbite, which is seriously not even the lede, concerned Stephen Hawking's recent pronouncements regarding God's role in creation:
"Steven Hawking is a brilliant physicist and when it comes to theology I can say he's a brilliant physicist."
