stackyFACTSBecause looking for divine answers down here clearly wasn't working, the Catholic Church operates an advanced astronomical observatory right on the roof of the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
Because looking for divine answers down here clearly wasn't working, the Catholic Church operates an advanced astronomical observatory right on the roof of the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. Originally established to reform the calendar, it morphed into a full-blown celestial research center. Apparently, mapping the cosmos and cataloging meteorites is exactly what you do when you have endless papal funding and a really nice view.
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