"I continue to believe that the fate of religion as we know it hinges on the ability of theologians to pivot, and not build fences." I believe that theologians need to have the freedom to explore what the new science, and this includes cosmology as well as biology, has to tell us about the God who set the rules in motion at the beginning of time with the Big Bang.  Most Catholics are comfortable with a non-literal perspective on the age of the universe. It's time to consider what science suggests about other points in Genesis and the body of Tradition that grew out of a literal interpretation of Scripture.  Both sides, scientists and theologians (and the bishops) need to have humility to recognize that while truth may be unchanging, our understanding of it must grow with our understanding of the world around us.