The main political problems Galileo faced was the contradictions of his findings and the bible. Evidence in the bible led people to beleive that the Earth was the center of the universe and the sun rotated around the earth, resulting in night and day. Galileo contradicted that which was unheard of at the time. The church was no just a main aspect of people's lives but the governing factors. , but the main Threats against the church were the main problems with society. Italy was so strongly Roman Catholic.