Guy Consolmagno on Alien Life, Souls, and the Vatican’s Bridge Between Science and Faith

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Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno argues for openness to intelligent alien life, defines a soul as intelligence, free will, love, and the ability to decide, rejects intelligent design as misguided theology, and calls for a broad, ethical dialogue between science and faith while acknowledging past mistakes like Galileo.

Popes astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him
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Popes astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him

An alien – no matter how many tentacles it has – could have a soul, says popes astronomer