On 22nd June in 1633, Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer and physicist, was forced to renounce his Copernican views that ‘Earth orbits the Sun’ by the Pope.Galileo was found guilty on heresy charges for supporting the view that the earth orbits the sun and sentenced to house imprisonment. Galileo published many works throughout his life including The Starry Messenger and Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.It was 359 years later only, that Vatican admitted it was wrong and that Galileo was right, on Oct 31, 1992! In the photo: 1636 portrait of Galileo by Justus Sustermans205162339_1430393980674663_138464569772435043_n.jpggalileo-galilei-medium.jpg