[The Great RJ]

The Pope Francis is repeating history. In the Catholic world during the 16th century, the majority of educated people (consensus of scientists) subscribed to the Aristotelian view that the earth was the center of the universe and that all heavenly bodies revolved around the Earth. This position was set as Church dogma and anyone who denied this view were heretics (deniers) and subject to the Inquisition. Galileo among other scientists challenged this view with scientific data that refuted this official Church view and were persecuted by the Church's Inquisition. Galileo was forced to publicly recant his scientific study under pain of death. Galileo's books remained on the Church's Index of prohibited books until 1966

[Arthur McGowan]

In the Catholic world during the 16th century, the majority of educated people (consensus of scientists) subscribed to the Aristotelian view that the earth was the center of the universe and that all heavenly bodies revolved around the Earth. This position was set as Church dogma and anyone who denied this view were heretics (deniers) and subject to the Inquisition. Galileo among other scientists challenged this view with scientific data that refuted this official Church view and were persecuted by the Church's Inquisition. Galileo was forced to publicly recant his scientific study under pain of death. Galileo's books remained on the Church's Index of prohibited books until 1966.

No scientific proposition has EVER been defined to be Catholic dogma. Never. Not one. Never. Never. Never.

Only your last sentence is true.