Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens

May 13th, 2008 at 12:52pm Wally Haas

I’ve had an interest in space and whether there are other life forms  somewhere other than Earth. I’ve written about the Muons from the planet Myton, Billy Meier and UFOs. I was never sure what the Catholic Church thought about those kinds of stories, then this moved on the wires today:

VATICAN CITY (AP)  — The Vatican’s chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.

The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.

In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Funes says that such a notion “doesn’t contradict our faith” because aliens would still be God’s creatures.

The interview was headlined “The extraterrestrial is my brother.” Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like “putting limits” on God’s creative freedom.

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