Teach the controversy! Who would have thought geocentrists would still be around? They're having a conference even: Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right, the first annual Catholic conference on geocentrism. They're also arguing that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old. No word yet if any flat-earthers will be in attendance.
I think it's cute that they call it a "Catholic conference" and make a point of it being held near Notre Dame, even if it is extraordinarily unlikely that they have any official Catholic status.
(via Unreasonable Faith)
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