Theological Notebook: The Pope, Galileo, and the Sapienza University Affair

[novak]

Did anyone pay any attention to the curious story about Pope Benedict XVI and the protests at Rome's Sapienza University this past week? I think that it might become one of those episodes that becomes larger in later history, as the significance of certain events gets taken as emblematic of historical shifts taking place at a given time. In this

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[novak]

Glad to point out something potentially interesting!

[novak]

Thanks for the points: I was wondering what it looked/sounded like over there for you. I suspected that Sapienza, despite its name, might be something of the case if even the faculty put themselves out on the line for such an ill-informed position.