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To: MarkBsnr

Hmmmm...

Vatican astronomer says if aliens exist, they may not need redemption

By John Thavis
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If aliens exist, they may be a different life form that does not need Christ’s redemption, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said.

Jesuit Father Jose Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, said Christians should consider alien life as an “extraterrestrial brother” and a part of God’s creation.

Father Funes, an Argentine named to his position by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006, made the remarks in an interview published May 13 by the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.


57 posted on 07/01/2011 7:43:13 PM PDT by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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Hmmmm... Vatican astronomer says if aliens exist, they may not need redemption

Let's have the url please, before the crowing starts.

66 posted on 07/02/2011 10:24:05 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so..)
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