“Funes, an Argentine, said he believed as an astronomer that the most likely explanation for the start of the universe was the big bang, the theory that it sprang into existence from an incredibly dense state about 14 billion years ago.

But he said this was not in conflict with faith in God as a creator. “God is the creator. There is a sense to creation. We are not children of an accident,” he said.”
(from: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13901-et-poses-no-problem-for-vatican.html?feedId=online-news_rss20)