Vatican Astronomer Believes in Aliens

NASA’s discovery of the new planet Kepler 425b brought and interesting response from the Vatican. Chief Astronomer Father Jose Funes has stated that the Vatican believes that life exists on other planets.  He went on to acknowledge that life on other planets would be the work of God and that he doesn’t foresee any “first contact” scenario happening any time soon.

Vatican chief astronomer believes in UFOs and aliens
“The discovery of the new planet Kepler 452b revives the idea that contact and, why not, the encounter with extraterrestrial intelligent beings of an alien civilization could happen in the near future. “It is probable there was life and perhaps a form …
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Photo by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center