One regularly repeated element in the mythic version of the Galileo story is the claim that the Catholic Church did not even admit Galileo had been right about heliocentrism until 1992, which is when Pope John Paul II finally issued an apology for his persecution. This factoid forms a satisfying coda to the popular version of the Galileo Affair, when the righteous martyr for reason is finally vindicated and the Church is shown to be an antiquated behemoth, belatedly dragged... Read More Read ...| History for Atheists
Jews who escaped from Poland to Russia, baking matzah for Passover, USSR, 1943. Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7995/1 There’s no denying that for most of us, this is going to be one weird Passover. Social distancing means no getting together with friends and family for seders, and grocery shortages (not to mention the risk involved […]| Poppy and Prune
Q: In light of the President’s recent remarks at the Prayer Breakfast referencing ISIS to the Crusades as if the beheadings, burnings, etc. throughout the ages had already happened in the “name of Jesus,” I would like to know a … Continued| Catholic Straight Answers
Q: In light of the President’s recent remarks at the Prayer Breakfast referencing ISIS to the Crusades as if the beheadings, burnings, etc. throughout the ages had already happened in the “name of Jesus,” I would like to know a … Continued| Catholic Straight Answers