Category - La Sapienza

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8 Feb 2008

Wikipedia blamed for scientists' Pope protests over Galileo

The newspaper L'Osservatore Romano claims that the students and scientists who protested about the Pope giving a speech at their university last month had misunderstood his views on Galileo because of a mistake involving Wikipedia.
22 Jan 2008

La Sapienza may re-invite Pope after disputed Galileo comment protests

The rector of La Sapienza university says he will re-invite the Pope to speak there after the pontiff cancelled following student protests about a comment about Galileo quoting, but not approving he says, a philosopher's remark.