Statue of Galileo Planned for Vatican 333
Reservoir Hill writes "Four hundred years after it put Galileo on trial for heresy the Vatican is to complete its rehabilitation of the scientist by erecting a statue of him inside Vatican walls. The planned statue is to stand in the Vatican gardens near the apartment in which Galileo was incarcerated. He was held there while awaiting trial in 1633 for advocating heliocentrism, the Copernican doctrine that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The move coincides with a series of celebrations in the run-up to next year's 400th anniversary of Galileo's development of the telescope. In January Pope Benedict XVI called off a visit to Sapienza University, Rome, after staff and students accused him of defending the Inquisition's condemnation of Galileo. The Vatican said that the Pope had been misquoted and since the episode, several of the professors have retracted their protest."
Thunderbolt and lightning! Very very frightening! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They've got to be kidding (Score:5, Funny)
That should pretty much even things out for you.
My my (Score:4, Funny)
Say NO! to ERECTIONS in the VATICAN (Score:2, Funny)
Erections should really be prohibited inside the Vatican. What on earth is the Catholic church coming to?
so... (Score:3, Funny)
my money is on the year 2578
traditional greeting.... (Score:5, Funny)
Void Where Prohibited by Newton's Law (Score:5, Funny)
Re:cool (Score:5, Funny)
You must be new here. Everyone who ever posts on
There, I said it. Now do me!
Hopefully (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Thunderbolt and lightning! Very very frightenin (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's even funnier than that (Score:3, Funny)
"In a nutshell, Galileo thoroughly flamed the Pope. In public. In some of the most annoying ways possible. If someone did that on Slashdot, he'd end up at +5 Insightful in 5 minutes flat."
There, fixed that for you.