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The story of Galileo has long been cited as evidence the Catholic Church is inherently opposed to scientific research. But in fact, astronomy has been built into the history of the Catholic Church \u2013 sometimes built literally into the churches themselves.\xa0\n\nGuests\nGuy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory\nAnn Blair, Harvard Professor of History\nJohn Heilbron, Historian of Science Emeritus, University of Berkeley\nStephen Barr, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Delaware\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices