Sister Ilia is director of Catholic Studies at Georgetown University who has recently completed a speaking tour of UK and Ireland. She is a proponent of “conscious evolution” an obscure theory that Cardinal Gerhard Muller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, recently accused the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) of accepting too readily. She is interviewed in this week’s Tablet by Christopher Lamb and below is a full text of questions and answers.  What is the purpose of your visit?   “I have written a few books and they have made their way to the UK, people are very interested. Many people have the experience that the old doesn’t work so well anymore and there is a need for a new understanding of Christia