The Roman Inquisition began in 1542 — 22 years before Galileo's birth — as part of the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation against the spread of Protestantism, ...

The Roman Inquisition later became known as the Holy Office and today exists as the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, one of the most powerful and influential Vatican offices.

Although the Spanish and Portuguese versions were abolished in 1834 and 1822, respectively, the Roman Inquisition survives as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, ...

The Roman Inquisition began in 1542 as part of the Catholic Church's counter-reformation against Protestantism, and prosecuted people for heresy and other doctrinal crimes.

"The Roman Inquisition continues to exist," he writes, "with methods of psychological torture and the use in our day of many enforcement manuals." Küng, 84, ...

MONTEREALE VALCELLINA, Italy — An odd little shrine to this village’s favorite son stands in the cobblestoned piazza outside the Domenico Scandella Social Center. It depicts a wheel of … ...

The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition Dan Hofstadter. W. W. Norton & Company, $23.95 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-393-06650-0 ...