But it DOES move
The Church didn't really disagree with Galileo, the Court Astronomers and the previous Pope actually supported him. They had no objection to his publishing in Latin where only intellectuals could see his results.
But when he insisted on writing in Italian, he was targeting a mass audience. He wasn't attacking Catholic Astronomy, he was attacking Catholic infallibility. And they could not tolerate that.
Does any of this sound familiar...is this why liberals defend Castro, and atheist conservatives defend Christian fundamentalists?