It’s easy to take a digital, binary view of the 17th century Church vs. Galileo conflict: Galileo right, Pope Urban VIII wrong. But the issue is more nuanced, and Galileo’s interaction with church ...

Renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei has been lauded for centuries for his courageous principled stance against the Catholic Church. He argued in favor of the Earth moving around the Sun, rather than ...

Rowland seeks to dispel what he calls "the myth of Galileo": that he was attacked by an ignorant, closed-minded Church for having discovered the truth, which contradicted Church belief. Rowland ...

Aside from his many contributions to the evolution of modern science, Galileo Galilei is also famous for defying the 17th century Catholic church. He's lionized for advocating a heliocentric view of ...

Goodwin is an author, playwright and former political advisor and White House speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He and his wife, the Pulitzer ...

This year marks the International Year of Astronomy, 12 months that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei, and the ...

Bains Elementary School fifth graders role-played a trial between Galileo and the church to their class at Bains Elementary. Camille Burns and Sarah Fudge’s class was split, and each side came up with ...

BREAKING: Richard Goodwin’s play The Hinge of the World which tells the story about the epic battle between the Roman Catholic Church and astronomer Galileo Galileo when faith clashed with science is ...

I wish to correct a misunderstanding in Kathleen Parker’s column, Feb. 8. Galileo did not get in trouble with the Catholic Church for proposing that the Earth revolved around the sun. Copernicus had ...