Jesuit Father Jose Gabriel Funes, head of the Vatican Observatory, cheered the successful landing of a roving scientific laboratory on Mars, saying that the Church "is open" to whatever might be discovered there - even extra-terrestrials!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Malaysian astrophysicist is set to be appointed by the United Nations as the Earth's "first contact" should any aliens from outer space decide to pay us a visit.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Father Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, said there need be no opposition between belief in aliens and belief in God.
