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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Galileo's astronomy

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope yesterday.

The Catholic Church condemned Galileo in the 17th century for supporting Nicholas Copernicus' discovery that the Earth revolved around the sun; church teaching at the time placed Earth at the centre of the universe

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)