Well, the Catholic Church didn't apologize to Copernicus until I think 1820, and they finally admitted that Galileo "suffered unjustly" (what a whitewash of a way to put it) - but not until 1992!!!
in
The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems from 1632, Galileo completely and thoroughly dismantled the Church's position on geocentrism, and they ruthlessly shut him down. I don't really know how the Catholic Church has any credibility
at all when considering its history.
Ah well, this all is just organized religion for you.