We’re a few days late in reporting this important news, but we know that those readers who missed it in the press, will be happy to acquire the information contained in this brief missive.
On Thursday 15 May, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, endorsed the possibility that the universe could contain intelligent life beyond Earth, while insisting that aliens would be “our brothers” and “children of God” as much as human beings are.
The Pope’s astronomer, José Gabriel Funes, a Jesuit priest, told L’Osservatore Romano that there would be nothing surprising about the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrials. He said: “Just as there is a multiplicity of creatures on Earth, so there could be other beings created by God [beyond it].”
Via The Independent
