"popes also survive, including John VIII (pope 872-882) and Gregory VII (pope 1073-1085). Documentation is scant before the 13th century. Since that time, notable documents include items such as Henry VIII of England's request for a marriage annulment, a handwritten transcript of the trial against Galileo for heresy, and letters from Michelangelo complaining he had not been paid for work on the Sistine Chapel. The Archives also support their own photographic and conservation studios. The entrance to the Archives, adjacent to the Vatican Library, is through the Porta di S. Anna in via di Porta Angelica (rione of Borgo). New"
"Galileo a stately burial upon his death, though later his bones were interned under a monument at the Church of Santa Croce in Florence. In 1980, Pope John Paul II ordered a re-examination of the evidence against Galileo and formally acquitted him in 1992. In 1939 Pope Pius XII, in his first speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, within a few months of his election to the papacy, described Galileo as being among the ""most audacious heroes of research ... not afraid of the stumbling blocks and the risks on the way, nor fearful of the funereal monuments."" His"
"the church and would have regarded himself as free (particularly in the natural sciences) to follow reason and observation wherever they led. There was no warfare between science and the church."" Ted Peters in ""Encyclopedia of Religion"" writes that although there is some truth in the ""Galileo's condemnation"" story but through exaggerations, it has now become ""a modern myth perpetuated by those wishing to see warfare between science and religion who were allegedly persecuted by an atavistic and dogma-bound ecclesiastical authority"". In 1992, the Catholic Church's seeming vindication of Galileo attracted much comment in the media. A degree of concord"
"Escrivá. Escriva was beatified in 1992 in the midst of controversy prompted by questions about Escriva's suitability for sainthood. In 2002, approximately 300,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square on the day Pope John Paul II canonized Josemaría Escrivá. According to one author, ""Escrivá is... venerated by millions"". There are other members whose process of beatification has been opened: Ernesto Cofiño, a father of five children and a pioneer in pediatric research in Guatemala; Montserrat Grases, a teenage Catalan student who died of cancer; Toni Zweifel, a Swiss engineer; Tomás Alvira and wife, Paquita Domínguez, a Spanish married couple; Isidoro"
"origin in 1964 and the investigation validated in Rome at the same time the informative and apostolic processes were ratified in 1969. John Paul II approved the healing to be a credible miracle in 1983 which enabled the pontiff to preside over the beatification on 30 October 1983. The supposed second miracle was investigated in the decades following the beatification while the independent investigation was validated in Rome on 29 April 2005. A medical board approved the healing as a miracle on 3 December 2009. Giacomo Cusmano Blessed Giacomo Cusmano (15 March 1834 - 14 March 1888) was an Italian"
"and approved the miracle on 16 March 1993; assisting theologians followed suit on 4 June 1993. The Congregation itself also approved the healing as a legitimate miracle on 5 October 1993 and passed it onto the pope who approved it on 23 December 1993. John Paul II celebrated her beatification on 16 October 1994. The current postulator of the cause is Gabriella Marzio. Giuditta Vannini Blessed Giuditta Vannini (7 July 1859 – 23 February 1911), also known as Josephine Vannini, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who became a Camillian and established – alongside Blessed Luigi Tezza – the"
"to the rightful independence of science and which, from the arguments and controversies they spark, lead many minds to conclude that faith and science are mutually opposed."" The footnote on this statement is to Msgr. Pio Paschini's, ""Vita e opere di Galileo Galilei"", 2 volumes, Vatican Press (1964). Pope John Paul II regretted the treatment which Galileo received, in a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1992. The Pope declared the incident to be based on a ""tragic mutual miscomprehension"". He further stated: A few Orthodox Jewish leaders maintain a geocentric model of the universe based on the"
"that Tschiderer led a model Christian life of heroic virtue and named him as Venerable on 14 July 1968. The miracle for beatification was investigated in 1908 and received C.O.R. validation on 27 September 1908. The medical board met and approved it decades later on 1 April 1992 as did theologians on 19 June 1992 and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 3 December 1992. Pope John Paul II approved this on 21 December 1992 and beatified Tschiderer in Trento before a crowd of 100 000 people. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer"
"free world from Nazi-controlled areas during the Holocaust. According to Rabbi David Dalin, in the aftermath of the war, Jewish leaders who hailed Pius XII a righteous gentile for his work in saving thousands of Jews included the scientist Albert Einstein, the Israeli Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Moshe Sharett, and the Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. The Chief Rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli, took refuge in the Vatican following the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1943. After the war he converted to Catholicism and took the name ""Eugenio"" in honour of Pope Pius XII. On 21 September 1945, the"
"later, in 1992, Pope John Paul II expressed regret for how the Galileo affair was handled, and conceded that theologians of the time erred with their understanding that literal interpretation of scripture imposes physical understanding of the natural world. In January 2008 Ratzinger cancelled a visit to La Sapienza University in Rome, following a protest letter signed by sixty-seven academics which said he condoned the 1633 trial and conviction of Galileo for heresy. Theology of Pope Benedict XVI The theology of Pope Benedict XVI, as promulgated during his pontificate, consists mainly of three encyclical letters on love (2005), hope (2007),"
"Vatican Church, he was forced to retract his earlier statements that contradicted with the ideologies of the Vatican Church regarding the placement of the Earth, or risk death. Galileo chose to retract his statements and was confined to house arrest for eight years before his death in 1642. The book ends on a positive note when Sis writes about the Pardon that was issued to Galileo more than three hundred years later in October 1992. Peter Sis’s documentation of the acclaimed scientist, Galileo Galileo’s life received positive reviews from: ""Kirkus Reviews"", ""Booklist"", ""School Library Journal"" and more. ""The New York"
"but through exaggerations, it has now become ""a modern myth perpetuated by those wishing to see warfare between science and religion who were allegedly persecuted by an atavistic and dogma-bound ecclesiastical authority"". In 1992, the Catholic Church's seeming vindication of Galileo attracted much comment in the media. A degree of concord between science and religion can be seen in religious belief and empirical science. The belief that God created the world and therefore humans, can lead to the view that he arranged for humans to know the world. This is underwritten by the doctrine of imago dei. In the words"
"boards on 7 April 1992. John Paul II later confirmed the investigated healing to be a miracle attributed to him on 2 June 1992. The pontiff beatified Spinelli on 21 June 1992 at a shrine in Caravaggio. There needed to be one final confirmed miracle in order for him to be canonized as a saint. There came a case in the 2000s from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo that was subjected to a diocesan investigation from 10-16 August 2014 and was sent to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for further assessment. Medical experts confirmed this healing"
"to evolution, and took up a neutral position, again concentrating on human evolution: Pope Pius XII's teaching can be summarized as follows: Some theologians believe Pius XII explicitly excludes belief in polygenism as licit. Another interpretation might be this: As we have nowadays in fact models of thinking of ""how"" to reconcile polygenism with the original sin, it need not be condemned. The relevant sentence is this: In an October 22, 1996, address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope John Paul II updated the Church's position to accept evolution of the human body: In the same address, Pope John"
"1995 after Pope John Paul II acknowledged the fact that he had lived a model life of heroic virtue that was consistent with Christian ethics and Gospel principles. The miracle needed for his beatification was reported to the postulation and then investigated in its diocese of origin. It received the formal ratification from Rome on 17 December 1993 and would proceed to Rome for stringent investigation. John Paul II approved the healing to be a legitimate miracle in 1998 and beatified Baccilieri on 3 October 1999. The current postulator assigned to the cause is the Servite priest Franco M. Azzali."
"needed to be approved - a healing that science could not explain. One such case was investigated in the diocese of its origin and it later received C.C.S. validation prior to a panel of medical experts approving it on 17 December 1992. Theologians concurred with the verdict on 19 February 1993 as did the C.C.S. themselves on 16 March 1993. Pope John Paul II approved the miracle on 2 April 1993 and presided over Marello's beatification in Asti on 26 September 1993. The miracle in question was the 1944 cure of the seminarian Aldo Falconetti who suffered from tubercular meningitis."
"revolved around the sun). He states in """" that Ptolemy's belief was ""supported by the church through the Dark Ages… [It] effectively prevented the advance of astronomy for 1,500 years."" Ted Peters in ""Encyclopedia of Religion"" writes that although there is some truth in this story, it has been exaggerated and has become ""a modern myth perpetuated by those wishing to see warfare between science and religion who were allegedly persecuted by an atavistic and dogma-bound ecclesiastical authority"". In 1992, the Catholic Church's seeming vindication of Galileo attracted much comment in the media. The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was a notable"
"Pope's proclamation, stating that the theory was neutral and there was neither a connection nor a contradiction between his religion and his theory. Lemaître and Daniel O'Connell, the Pope's scientific advisor, persuaded the Pope not to mention Creationism publicly, and to stop making proclamations about cosmology. While a devout Roman Catholic, he opposed mixing science with religion, although he held that the two fields were not in conflict. During the 1950s, he gradually gave up part of his teaching workload, ending it completely when he took emeritus status in 1964. In 1962, strongly opposed to the expulsion of French speakers"
"from Paoli's long service in Argentina. Paoli is recognized as an exponent of liberation theology ""avant la lettre"" and the meeting was seen as a sign of ""reconciliation"" between the Vatican and the liberationists. Miguel d'Escoto, a Maryknoll priest from Nicaragua, had been sanctioned with an ""a divinis"" suspension from his public functions in 1984 by Pope John Paul II, for political activity in the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Pope Francis lifted the suspension in August 2014, in response to a request by d'Escoto. At a 2015 press conference in the Vatican hosted by Caritas International, the federation of"
"caritas est"". To Pius XII, science and religion were heavenly sisters, different manifestations of divine exactness, who could not possibly contradict each other over the long term Regarding their relation, his advisor Professor Robert Leiber wrote: """"Pius XII was very careful not to close any doors prematurely. He was energetic on this point and regretted that in the case of Galileo."""" Preceding similar praises from Pope John Paul II in 1992, Pope Pius XII listed, in 1939, Galileo in his first speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to be among """"most audacious heroes of research...not afraid of the stumbling"
"of its origin and was then sent to Roman officials for their investigation. The C.C.S. declared the process to have completed its work and ratified it in 1983. The pope approved it in 1987 and beatified Rousseau on the occasion of his visit to the island of Réunion on 2 May 1989. The current postulator assigned to the cause is Br. Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli. Jean-Bernard Rousseau Blessed Jean-Bernard Rousseau (22 March 1797 – 13 April 1867) was a French Roman Catholic professed religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools – or the De La Salle Brothers."
"ever since. In 1939, Pope Pius XII, in his first speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, within a few months of his election to the papacy, described Galileo as being among the ""most audacious heroes of research... not afraid of the stumbling blocks and the risks on the way, nor fearful of the funereal monuments"". His close advisor of 40 years, Professor Robert Leiber, wrote: ""Pius XII was very careful not to close any doors (to science) prematurely. He was energetic on this point and regretted that in the case of Galileo."" On 15 February 1990, in a speech"
"study the case did not reach any definitive result. Because of this, the Pope’s 1992 speech that closed the project was vague, and did not fulfill his intentions expressed in 1979. On February 15, 1990, in a speech delivered at La Sapienza University in Rome, Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) cited some current views on the Galileo affair as forming what he called ""a symptomatic case that illustrates the extent to which modernity’s doubts about itself have grown today in science and technology"". As evidence, he presented the views of a few prominent philosophers including Ernst Bloch and Carl"
"January 2003. John Paul II approved the miracle on 12 April 2003 and later beatified Monti on 9 November 2003 in Saint Peter's Square. The current postulator for this cause is Father Giovanni Cazzaniga. Luigi Maria Monti Blessed Luigi Maria Monti (24 July 1825 – 1 October 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. He was referred to as ""Father"" despite not being an ordained priest. Monti served as a nurse for most of his life and aided the ill in the Santo Spirito hospital in Rome while he"
"God has guided evolution in one way or another. The Roman Catholic Church, beginning in 1950 with Pope Pius XII's encyclical Humani Generis, took up a neutral position with regard to evolution. ""The Church does not forbid that...research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter."" In an October 22, 1996, address to the Pontifical Academy of Science, Pope John Paul II updated the Church's position, recognizing that"
"further evaluation. Another process was later opened that spanned from 6 October 1979 until 9 October 1983 at which point all processes received the formal decree of ratification in 1985. Another part of the positio was sent to Rome in 1988. Pope John Paul II approved the fact that Ferrer had lived a life of heroic virtue on 13 June 1992 and proclaimed him to be Venerable. The miracle attributed to Ferrer's intercession required for his beatification was investigated and was ratified in 1993. The Medical Board stationed in Rome approved the healing as a miracle on 9 June 2005."
"before John Paul II granted the final approval needed for it on 6 July 1993. John Paul II beatified Granzotto on 20 November 1994 in Saint Peter's Basilica. The sudden and inexplicable healing of a child suffering from peridacriocistitis was declared as the miracle attributed to his intercession. The liturgical feast was affixed for 2 September instead of the date of his death as is the norm. The current postulator for this cause is Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano. Claudio Granzotto Blessed Claudio Granzotto (23 August 1900 – 15 August 1947) - born Riccardo Granzotto - was an Italian professed religious from"
"that process received C.C.S. validation on 27 January 2006. But the supposed miracle could not be investigated until Bussone had been declared as Venerable. The medical board investigated this miracle sometime in 2015 but did not issue a unanimous verdict as is required ruling the healing not to be a miracle.. The current postulator for this cause is Dr. Waldery Hilgeman. Pope John Paul II - in a speech to Focolarini followers gathered in the Stadio Olimpico in Turin on 3 September 1988 said: Maria Orsola Bussone Maria Orsola Bussone (2 October 1954 – 10 July 1970) was an Italian"
"was cured of it as a result of the intercession of Sanna. Pope Francis approved the miracle on 21 January 2016 and this allowed for Elisabetta Sanna to be beatified. It was suggested that the beatification would take place either in the following September or October. On 25 January 2016, it was made public that the potential dates were either 17, 18 or 25 September 2016. Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the beatification on the pontiff's behalf. The current postulator of the cause is Father Jan Korycki. Elisabetta Sanna Blessed Elisabetta Sanna (full name ""Elisabetta Sanna Porcu"") (23 April 1788"
"31 October 1992, Pope John Paul II expressed regret for how the Galileo affair was handled, and issued a declaration acknowledging the errors committed by the Church tribunal that judged the scientific positions of Galileo Galilei; this was the result of a study conducted by the Pontifical Council for Culture. In March 2008 the Vatican proposed to complete its rehabilitation of Galileo by erecting a statue of him inside the Vatican walls. In December of the same year, during events to mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo's earliest telescopic observations, Pope Benedict XVI praised his contributions to astronomy. Brother Guy"
"after Pope Francis confirmed his model life of heroic virtue on 21 January 2016. One miracle – a healing that science cannot explain – was needed for him to be beatified. The miracle in question was the cure of Sister Ausilia Ferrario (from the late priest's order) who suffered from tuberculosis in her Verghera convent on 17 October 1946. Ferrario was taken to the convent's chapel to be near the exposed Eucharist and after adoration and a priest's blessing stood up and was healed. Cardinal Martini oversaw the diocesan process of investigation from January 2000 until 4 April 2000 while"
"that year, was postponed. However, on the feast of the Assumption in 2012, the Roman Curia announced through the Sicilian Franciscan Holy Name Province, that Allegra would be beatified on September 29, 2012, at the Cathedral of Arcireale, Catania in Sicilia. He is, thus far, the only biblical scholar of the 20th century who has been beatified. In 2009 a web cast in English and Chinese was named after Allegra. Gabriele Allegra The Blessed Gabriele Allegra, O.F.M., (December 26, 1907 – January 26, 1976) was a Franciscan Friar and Biblical scholar. He is best known for accomplishing the first complete"
"board approved this on 7 October 1993 as did theologians on 4 February 1994 and the C.C.S. on 12 April 1994. John Paul II approved this case on 2 July 1994 and beatified Santamaria in Saint Peter's Square on 29 January 1995. His two nieces from Rochester - Helene Panella Schlegel and Ida Panella Turan - were present at the beatification as was Nicola Romano (who was cured through Santamaria's intercession). The current postulator for this cause is the Passionist priest Giovanni Zubiani. The miracle that led to his beatification involved the child Nicola Romano who was involved in what"