Pope praises astronomer Galileo, once denounced as a heretic

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 04:25 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Pope Benedict XVI pays tribute to 17th-Century astronomer Galileo, who was forced by the Catholic Church to renounce his findings.

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