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From: Stig Agermose <Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 11:51:08 +0200
Fwd Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 21:11:20 -0400
Subject: Vatican Man Puts Faith In ET And His Friends


Source: The Times (London)

Stig

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Saturday August 29 1998 =BF=BF=BF

Vatican man puts faith in ET and his friends 


by Ruth Gledhill
Religion Correspondent


EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS exist and there is no conflict between a
belief in aliens and the Christian faith, a Vatican theologian
close to the Pope says.

Father Corrado Balducci, of the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples, claims in a book about alien
abductions to be published next week, that it is wrong to assert
that reports of encounters with aliens are not credible.

"It is reasonable to believe and affirm that extra-terrestrials
exist," he says. "Their existence can no longer be denied, for
there is too much evidence for the existence of
extra-terrestrials and flying saucers."

Father Balducci says that clues such as the existence of flying
saucers indicate that extra-terrestrials are further evolved
than humans. In an interview to be published as the appendix to
Confirmation, Father Balducci says that even if
extra-terrestrials were discovered who were superior to humans,
it would not call into question the teachings of Christianity.

He refers to a passage in the New Testament where St Paul refers
to Christ as the king of the universe, not just the king of the
world. "This means that everything in the universe, including
extra-terrestrials and UFOs are reconcilable with God."

Father Balducci, a renowned exorcist and expert on demonology,
has written two books on the Devil. Listed in the Vatican
directory as "priest of honour" since 1964, he is an official
member of the papal household or family.

Father Balducci says his first question to an alien would be
what their concept of God was. But he goes on to say: "It is
very important to lend credence to the eye-witness accounts, but
we must be very careful to ensure that they are authentic. I
have also heard of people who have claimed to have had contacts,
but who unfortunately were not mentally sound."

A spokesman for the Catholic Media Office in London said last
night: "The fundamental creation message relates to humans here
on earth. If aliens were shown to exist, this would not cast
doubt on the veracity of the Gospel. But we would have to ask
whether the Christian atonement was applicable to them."


Copyright 1998 Times Newspapers Ltd.