Viva il Papa. Despite the conventional wisdom, the Church has always been one of history's great advocates of science. Yet another quandary for the IDiots. Don't mess with the Pope, he'll run you over.
"How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization" is a great book--points out all the ways in which "conventional wisdom" is not just wrong, but UTTERLY so. Like the fact that cathedrals were used not just for church but as OBSERVATORIES, and were built with this in mind.