Vatican conference discusses extraterrestrial life and its implications for Catholic theology

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Four hundred years after it put astronomer Galileo under house arrest for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial life and its implications, if discovered, for the Catholic church.

"The questions of life's origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in our universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration," said Jesuit Fr. Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory. Funes presented the results Nov. 10 of a five-day conference that gathered astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts to discuss the new field of astrobiology -- the study of the origin of life and its existence elsewhere in the universe. See Catholic News Service story

For more on the discussion of the discovery of extraterrestrial life and intelligence and the implications of such a discovery on Catholic theology, see my feature story "Looking for company beyond the skies" which appeared in the Oct. 20, 2006 NCR. Looking for company beyond the skies

Very interesting! The Vatican

Very interesting! The Vatican is catching up with science, literature, and Hollywood!

Presumably the cited article

Presumably the cited article also discusses the practicality of time travel?

...see my feature story "Looking for company beyond the skies" which appeared in the Oct. 20, 2206 NCR

Hahaha! "Oct. 20, 2206"

Hahaha!

"Oct. 20, 2206"

First they recruit SSPX

First they recruit SSPX bishops
then they recruit Anglicans

Now they go to the moon and beyond.....

gee what about the rest of us

In they end they ended up

In they end they ended up saying that extraterristrials would not be incompatible with the Faith. So aliens are in and gays are out...? =/

Would this be "plan B" for

Would this be "plan B" for the scandal ridden hierarchs...   alien converts?     Would "plan C" be moving the Vatican to another planet without extradition agreements?

And I can see B-16 just

And I can see B-16 just hovering to take them over and make them obey!!!!! The Vatican is too disgusting!

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