And more than forty years after Apollo 11, the Vatican finally apologized to Galileo.

Will we have to wait until circa 2300 for it to accept Darwin?

Actually, the Roman Church accepted Evolution several decades ago, but might be wavering, according to an Americans United For Separation of Church and State post.

see: http://blog.au.org/2009/02/26/praying-for-the-stimulus-package-white-house-needs-to-drop-invocations-at-rallies/