Catholics and the UFO Conversation: Theological Debate, Vatican Caution, and the Extraterrestrial Question

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Catholics are actively debating how evidence about UFOs and possible extraterrestrial life would fit with Christian faith, with Guy Consolmagno urging caution, Brenda Denzler considering major theological revisions, Thomas Weinandy warning of clashes with Scripture, and Diana Walsh Pasulka noting mystic-like parallels, while the Vatican maintains a cautious, non-active study stance.

Aliens, demons or PSYOPS? Catholics study, debate UFO allegations
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Aliens, demons or PSYOPS? Catholics study, debate UFO allegations

When former intelligence official David Grusch testified before Congress in July that the U.S. government had retrieved crashed UFOs and covertly attempted to reverse engineer their alien technology, some Catholics already were primed to debate the compatibility of extraterrestrial intelligence and church doctrine. That is because debate about non-human intelligence is as old as Christianity, according to the director of the Vaticans space observatory.