Pope Benedict XVI has replaced the director of the Vatican Observatory, who has been a vigorous critic of “intelligent design,” the controversial notion, known as ID, that says life is too complex to have evolved without the intervention of an intelligent agent. According to the Religion News Service, it was not clear whether the Rev. George Coyne, who is 73 and had been director of the observatory since 1978, was being ousted for his views on ID or his vocal support for the theory of evolution. The new director, the Vatican announced on Saturday, is the Rev. José Gabriel Funes, who is 43 and holds a doctorate in astronomy.