May 13 2008





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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I have no problem believing that aliens do exist. In fact there are many things we do not know. We do best not to put God in a kind of box - you know - suggesting that God can do this, but cannot do that. God can do anything necessary to have his purpose and will fulfilled. Moreover God loves variety. That is why, for example, he created so many colours.