theology

Fact check: The Inquisition convicted Galileo of heresy, not science fraud

Reading Time: 6 minutes Catholics even today can’t seem to give up the conceit that legendary Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) wasn’t persecuted by the Church in the 17th century for heretical religion but, instead, for bad science. As if. No matter that the Inquisition, the Church’s f