The short answer, is, yes or mostly yes.
The Vatican has not emphatically owned publically up to that conviction, dogma, belief.
However, reportedly the highest officials in the Vatican are of that conviction—including the Pope.
There is a slight caveat—either benign or helpful toward saving us from ourselves etc. etc. yada yada yada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqWS_6fbvo&feature=related
CNN Vatican UFO link, not sure if it is posted in this thread yet.