According to the Boston Globe, the Vatican announced that belief in aliens from outer space is perfectly consistent with belief in God. Extra terrestrials, the Vatican's chief astronomer pointed out, would still be God's creatures:
"Ruling out the existence of aliens would be to put limits on God's creative freedom."
The remarks came in the context of a discussion of the Church's persecution of Galileo for heresy in connection with the scientist's theory that the earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa. According to the chief astronomer,
"The church has somehow recognized its mistakes. Maybe it could have done it better . . . ."
Indeed. It could do better today, too. If only the Church would stop putting limits on God's creative freedom and acknowledge the possibility that gay people – today's aliens – could engage in mutual, respectful, loving, and fruitful relationships without denying their sexuality.
But then, it's a lot easier to profess brotherhood with someone far away like an extraterrestrial than with those who are actually in your midst.
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