It seems likely that the Inquisition would have liked to do nothing but was forced to do so by the detailed and documented evidence claiming that Galileo was in fact a heretic. There was another ...

In 1633, Galileo found himself on trial, accused of heresy for challenging the Church's geocentric dogma. The Inquisition demanded silence. He was forced to recant his findings under threat of ...

Facing the Inquisition for his scientific beliefs, Galileo developed many important ideas about the science of motion, such as inertia. Isaac Newton built on many of Galileo's insights when ...

Established almost 500 years ago, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is no longer "the Inquisition" — rather, its main focus is handing down the teachings of the apostles ...