Folks this is just insulting to the very concept of 'intelligent life, to assume they would ever want to become Catholics. Hubris to rival that of Moism, wouldn't you say?





>The Pope's Astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, says that intelligent life elsewhere is probable, but believes that we are unlikely ever to encounter it


>Intelligent aliens may be living among the stars and are likely to have souls, a senior Vatican scientist said yesterday.

>The Pope's astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, said he would be happy to 'baptise an al ien' - but admitted that the chances of communicating with life outside the Earth were low.

>Speaking at the British Science Festival in Birmingham, Dr Consolmagno also dismissed Creationism and claimed that the revival of 'intelligent design' - the controversial theory that only God can explain gaps in the theory of evolution - was 'bad theology'.

>Dr Consolmagno, one of a team of 12 astronomers working for the Vatican, said the Catholic Church had been supporting and funding science for centuries.



>Asked if he would baptise an alien, he replied: 'Only if they asked.'



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1312922/Pope-astronomer-Guy-Consolmagno-Aliens-souls-living-stars.html