We investigated a viral meme claiming the Catholic Church once opposed street lighting and, specifically, Pope Gregory XVI banned gas lighting during the 19th century because it 'flew in the face of God's law.'
The Catholic church once formally opposed street lights for religious reasons, and Pope Gregory XVI banned gas lighting.A ban on gas street lighting was briefly in place in Rome, towards the end of Pope Gregory XVI's tenure, in the 1840s. However ...This was a narrowly-defined administrative order based on public health concerns, did not last long, and was not based on any church-wide doctrinal or theological objection to gas lighting.
In one section of that work, author Desmond Bowen wrote about Gregory's zeal in suppressing rebellions against church rule in the Papal States , and what he described as"papal triumphalism": "Gregory even went so far as to ban steamboats and railways in the Papal States. He also banned street lights on the grounds that people might gather under them to plot against papal authority. He also refused to admit gas into the Papal States, as that would mean that the Devil had got his foot in the door."
In particular, Mahony highlighted a new regulation, posted to the walls of the city, which"denounces the modern innovation of gas light," and dictates that"all private gasworks of this nature are suppressed.
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