This Day in History

When he was almost 70 years old, Galileo was summoned to Rome, tried by the Inquisition, and forced to “abjure, curse, and detest” his work that stated that the sun was the center of the universe. He complied, but was nonetheless convicted on “grave suspicion of heresy” and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1992, Pope John Paul II established a commission that ultimately issued an apology.

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