Knowledge needs neither fathers nor priests
Ratzingher non aprirà l'anno accademico. The students told "No Pope in the University!". The Pope won't go to the Rome's university., originally uploaded by luciano_46.This story is like something straight from His Dark Materials.
The Pope has cancelled a visit to a Roman university because of protests about his views on Galileo.
"Pope Benedict was in charge of Roman Catholic doctrine in 1990 when, as Cardinal Ratzinger, he commented on the 17th-Century Galileo trial.
In the speech, he quoted Austrian-born philosopher Paul Feyerabend as saying the Church's verdict against Galileo had been "rational and just".
Galileo's inquisitors maintained the scriptures indicated the Earth was stationary.
Galileo, a devout Catholic, was forced to renounce his findings publicly.
Fifteen years ago Pope John Paul II officially conceded that in fact the Earth was not stationary."
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The headline says it all.
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Frank Partisan, at 11:22 pm
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