Vatican chief astronomer believes in UFOs and aliens - IrishCentral.com

It seems like once a year the Vatican or one of its representatives has to say something a bit bombastic in regards to aliens or UFOs.  What I find interesting, they will "believe" in something speculative at best, but deny science outright.

The Pope’s chief astronomer Father Jose Funes has confirmed that the Vatican Observatory in Rome believes in life on other planets.

Despite once enforcing the belief that the Earth was the center of the Universe and the sun revolved around our planet instead of vice versa, it appears that the Vatican has now relaxed its view on the role that mankind plays in the universe and acknowledges that further life may exist.

The Vatican Observatory, which has studied the skies on behalf of the Catholic Church since 1582, has said that the discovery of planets, on which it is believed life could exist, in the past number of years has led them to believe that we are not alone.

Writing in the Vatican's daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Fr. Funes said, “Our galaxy contains more than a hundred billion stars.

“Considering the number of exoplanets discovered, it seems that the vast majority of stars in our galaxy, at least potentially, can have planets where life could develop.”

Vatican chief astronomer believes in UFOs and aliens - IrishCentral.com