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...that the earth revolved around the sun. Galileo's condemnation broke the academy's spirit, and for more than a century it was hardly more than a library. In 1795, the academy was revived, only to be suppressed in 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI. In 1847, Pope Pius IX restored the old society, called it the Pontifical Academy of New Lynxes...
When Victor Emmanuel II ousted Pope Pius IX as temporal ruler of Rome, most Italian scientists formed themselves into the independent group that thrives today as the National Academy of Lynxes. In 1937, Pope Pius XI changed the name of the church's society to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and gave it his subtly qualified support. "Science which always wants to serve truth," he announced, "is the source of all good. Truth can deliver us from all evils...
...Pope Pius VII consigned the bones to the care of a priest, Don Francis di Lucia, who had them enshrined in the church of Mugnano del Cardinale near Naples, where they promptly began to produce a flood of miracles and special favors. A Neapolitan nun named Sister Mary Louisa of Jesus claimed to have received a series of revelations about Philomena's life and martyrdom, on the basis of which Don Francis di Lucia compiled a "biography" of the "saint." As a martyr, her formal canonization was unnecessary, but in 1837 Pope Gregory XVI authorized her public veneration...
...decline in vocations to the priesthood on the rise in vocations to the so-called secular institutes-religious organizations such as Opus Dei, in which men and women may take vows of obedience (but rarely poverty or chastity) and go on living in the world. Since the late Pope Pius XII recognized their validity in 1947. secular institutes have mushroomed in Italy: from 1949 to 1958, more than 250 applied to the Vatican for formal recognition. "There is no doubt.'' said a Vatican prelate last week, "that these organizations have attracted many men and women who might otherwise...
...Teacher. Parochial schools are in the most trouble in bulging suburbs, depressed communities and "federally impacted areas," where an influx of servicemen yields special federal aid for public schools but not Catholic schools. In the Navy town of Norfolk, Va., for example, many parochial schools have three shifts. St. Pius X School opened in 1956. now has 900 students at a ratio of 56 to one teacher; many parents have put children in the better-staffed public schools. Especially in areas where Catholics are a small minority, as in Georgia, a possible "triple tax" seems the last straw. Says...