Scientific discoveries are energizing the queries not just about the possibility of rational, or intelligent, life, but also about God’s role in life elsewhere and if there may be an incarnational experience beyond Earth.
The search for life beyond Earth is as much theological as it is scientific
Men in Black: Belief in aliens not so far out for some Catholics
The pope’s Jesuit astronomers have long been active in discussions about extraterrestrial life, the ethics of space exploration and the religious significance of a universe that could be teeming with life.