For the first time in four centuries of Roman Catholic Church official said the day before the birthday of Galileo Galilei. In the Roman basilica of Our Lady of the Angels and Martyrs "Minister of Culture" the Vatican, Archbishop Gianfranco Revaz led a solemn Mass on the occasion of 445 anniversary of the great Italian scientist, the .
400 th anniversary of the invention Galilei telescope dedicated to the International Year of Astronomy, declared by the UN and the Vatican has joined the celebration. Galileo was a "pious man, who tried, in the context of his time, to reconcile the results of their research to the basics of Christian faith, - says the official report of the press the Holy See - that Galileo deserves our recognition and gratitude."
In 1609 Galileo made a number of important discoveries, confirming the theory of Copernicus that the Earth revolves around the sun rather than vice versa. For this assertion in 1663 Galileo was condemned by the Inquisition, as a heretic. Astronomer was forced to abandon its allegations, and 9 years, until his death, was under house arrest. Only in 1992 a special commission created by Pope John Paul II, rehabilitated the scientist and the court has recognized over the "tragic mistake".
In May 2009, the Jesuit Institute in Florence Stens will hold a conference on the trial of Galileo. The forum will be attended by representatives of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican Observatory, Catholic and secular scientific organizations. There are also plans to issue all of the trial of Galileo, kept in secret archives of the Vatican.
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