“In 1633,” Ainslie explained, “Galileo was condemned for heresy and held under house arrest for the last eight years of his life – all because he showed that the earth revolves around the sun. That, of course, was contrary to Catholic doctrine, which said that the earth was the center of the universe and didn’t move. Only in 1992, after what the Vatican called ‘thirteen years of study,’ did Pope John Paul II admit the Church was wrong – something science had confirmed centuries before.”
