Hate to burst your bubble, but the Holy See had its own agenda to push forward--that they were not the bad guys, Galileo was.
History has already spoken. The Catholic Church then, and now, thought itself above reproach. It was and is not. To go back now and try to say Galileo got it all wrong and it was just a big misunderstanding was just plain silly. I was once a Catholic but put that religion aside for another once I left home. I do not follow dogma and that is all they have to offer.
Back then it was the Catholic Church, today it is Global Warming, Y2K, environmentalism, the sky is falling, Darwinism and other weirdness.
Honestly!
normally I wouldn't say anything, but your blatant equivocation of the Catholic church (of which I am a proud member for life) with liberal institutionalized beliefs that are loony at best is way out of line.
From the bottom of my heart - Thank You. Leaving the Church is the best thing you could have done to serve the Church. What a rotten and insulting person you are.
You should have begun your post with that so I would know when to stop reading.