In 2008 students and professors at Rome University protested Pope
Benedict XVI's visit there to be the keynote speaker.

Their reason for this, to quote:

"They cited a speech he made at La Sapienza in 1990, while he was still a cardinal, in which he quoted the judgment of an Austrian philosopher of science who wrote that the church's trial of Galileo was 'reasonable and fair'."

Full article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/16/catholicism.internationaleducationnews

It's not that Benedict thinks the Sun goes 'round the Earth, it's that he
appears to continue defending the Church's actions against Galileo, for
which his predecessor apologized in 1992.

I wonder if the official who made the initial comments has now been
demoted to altar boy?

I keep wondering if we will see more conservative Popes down the road,
or will there ever be a chance for a Vatican III? And how relevant is all
this in today's world?