Despite evidence from Galileo, Newton, and Kepler, the Church has never changed its position on the Earth's position at the center of the universe.

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This statement is false. The Church did change its position on the Earth's position at the center of the universe after the discoveries of Galileo, Newton, and Kepler. In 1757, the Catholic Church removed Galileo's works from its list of banned books, and in 1822 the Church finally lifted the ban on heliocentric works altogether. Therefore, the Church has recognized that the Earth orbits the Sun since the 19th century.

Despite Evidence from Galileo, Newton, and Kepler, the Church Has