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http://www.zenit.org/article-24944?l=english
New Edition of Trial Documents to Be Published
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican is not going to be
left behind in celebrating the 2009 International Year of Astronomy as it
will be offering a Christian orientation to the science-faith debate, says a
Vatican official.
Today in the Vatican press office Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of
the Pontifical Council for Culture, presented a selection of activities the
Vatican is preparing for the celebrations declared this year by the United
Nations. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first use of an
astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei.
Events include an international academic congress to be held in Florence in
May on the theme: "Galileo Galilei: A New Historical, Philosophical and
Theological Reading."
Then, in October, Vatican Museums will host "Astrum 2009: The Historical
Legacy of Italian Astronomy From Galileo to Today."
Another international conference will be held a month later, this time
organized by Rome's Pontifical Lateran University and focused on
"1609-2009: From the Birth of Astrophysics to Evolutionary Cosmology.
Science, Philosophy and Theology."
The Vatican Secret Archives is also planning to produce a new edition of the
documents from the trial of Galileo.
Finally, the Church in Italy will give particular attention to the Year of
Astronomy through an English-Italian Web site called Interdisciplinary
Documentation on Religion and Science (www.disf.org).
According to Archbishop Ravasi, the site will publish documents, texts and
ideas each month "so as to give a Christian orientation to the debate
between science and faith."
