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I had a biology professor last year who was telling the class that the Vatican had a secret prison underneath it, and that it was used during the Renaissance to punish scientists whose theories were against Church doctrine, such as with Galileo. Thank God there were a number of us in that class who put him in his place with that lie.

Professors in academia are always revising history, or only telling a part of it in order to advance their views. They make me so mad sometimes, that I don't know how I restrain myself from punching them out. Their hate for Christianity and conservatives is so profound, that they stuff it down our throats on a daily basis. I hope that Pope Benedict will bring the order that the Church needs, and bring us back to Orthodoxy.

I don't think that the perceived view of the Church condemning science will ever be able to be erased. Too bad.

Kolokotronis:Incredible man, this Pope!"

theoden:Professors in academia are always revising history, or only telling a part of it in order to advance their views. They make me so mad sometimes, that I don't know how I restrain myself from punching them out.

Slowly truth and knowledge is becoming more in focus. We may not see a more glorious world but I think our grand kids or great grand kids might. Spin and lies cannot stand. I am amazed to see a huge difference between the American and French revolution as spelled out by B16!

God bless anyone who holds the truth and prays for it to live again in public. Jesus and his Church will bring it on home. Vatican II will eventually unite our Church - as the Article points out with:

"The American Revolution, which institutionally separated Church and state while affirming the transcendent origins of the “truths” on which democratic politics had to be based, was an entirely different matter than its French counterpart. Thus “1776” helped compel the development of doctrine that eventually led to Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Freedom (a point that might be pondered, not only by Lefebvrists, but by Communio contributors convinced that America is, at bottom, an ill-founded republic)."

The US and its affirming of religious belief is larger than we can imagine. It was an idea made real by the Fathers of the USA! And it will eventually make the difference as the world re-embraces Christ and the Church. Amazing point and reality. God bless B16 and the Fathers of Our Country!

the Vatican had a secret prison underneath it

If the professor knew about it, how 'secret' could it be? The Vatican is really lousy at keeping these 'secrets'. Every anti-Catholic seems to know all about them.

Such an assertion without any supporting evidence is useless. Glad to hear that you and your fellow students were able to publicly demonstrate that the professor was making an empty assertion without any reliable evidence.