Does E.T. Have a Soul?

The Catholic Church is looking to the stars. Yes, the same guys who got so upset with Galileo.

In a scene straight out of ABC's new show V, according to the Catholic News Service, the church is wondering what the discovery of extraterrestrial alien life would mean for the church. Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, is an astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory. He says, "The questions of life's origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration."

The Church's views have come a long way since an Italian philosopher by the name of Giordano Bruno was

burned at the stakes for suggesting other worlds could be inhabited.
Rev. Funes says , "just as there is a multitude of creatures on Earth, there could be other beings, even intelligent ones, created by God. This does not contradict our faith, because we cannot put limits on God's creative freedom."