by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
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 on Wikipedia – the open source,...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
The rector of Rome’s La Sapienza university has said he plans to re-invite Pope Benedict XVI to address his institution after the pontiff cancelled a visit he was to have made following protests from some professors and students – writes Luigi Sandri....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 16, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI has been forced to cancel a visit to the prestigious La Sapienza University in Rome after lecturers and students expressed outrage at his past defence of the Catholic church’s actions against Galileo. The Pope had been due to make a speech at...
