The Vatican has famously had an uneasy relationship with science, so it was surprising to read in the news that the Pope’s astronomer in chief has announced that alien life on Mars cannot be ruled out.
Father Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, or Specola, near Rome, has stated in an article entitled, “Aliens [...]
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Science, Heresy, and The Catholic Church
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