Official Catholic history details Galileo's findings in the context of the Copernican revolution, Church reaction and origins of the controversy.

Paper is generous to the Church in its examination of what really happened to Galileo and his official "acquittal" in 1979.

Read the conviction, sentence and confession of Galileo, who was sent to prison for the crime of professing that the Earth moved around the Sun.

Read Galileo's letter, written in 1615, about those who denounced him for his science and how his findings conflict with the Bible.