Galileo was persecuted and tried for the heresy of believing that the sun was the center of the universe rather than the earth. Nothing was mentioned about the sperical shape of the earth. Erastothanes actually measured the circumference of the earth a couple of centuries before Christ. Hard to do if he believed that the earth was flat. Throughout most of the time thereafter, it was generally accepted that the earth was round.
Yep, I'm aware of the Galileo incident. I merely noted that Rome persecuted him for defying conventional wisdom to show that evolution is not the only bastardization of science that has infiltrated the church to do damage on the basis of lies.
Galileo was right and Rome was wrong. The rest is revisionism to make them look not so bad.
Don't expect Havoc to defend the Roman Catholic Church. He hates the Roman Catholic Church and will gladly tell you why.