"Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space. Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a respected scientist who collaborates with universities around the world. The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not contradict belief in God. The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My Brother'.” [BBC News Rome].
This statement by an accredited Vatican source appears to be one in a series of public positions on Extraterrestrial life by Catholic Church insiders. Monsignor Corrado Balducci became an out spoken advocate the ET hypothesis when he stated several times in the media that extraterrestrial contact is a real phenomenon. There is also information that in the 1950’s Pope Pius XII founded the Vatican Intelligence Agency named "S.I.V." code for "Servizio Informazioni del Vaticano" to follow the Extraterrestrial issue and obtain information on how ETs may be interacting with the American government.
In the context of France and the UK having released their UFO files to the public and their plans to reveal more about sighting reports, the Vatican now becomes yet another player in the arena of international states that seek more clarification on the Extraterrestrial matter. This is also evidence that the heretofore tight restrictions by government intelligent agencies on UFO discourse, particularly in the United States, are beginning to crumble. This collapse of secrecy and the disclosure momentum caused by states like the powerful Vatican that seek open dialogue about the ET issue should be a serious sign to the media that the truth embargo is wearing thinner than ever and that it must be investigated forthwith with vigour.
Mainstream media must bring to an end the random and reactionary reporting of authentic international exploration of the ET issue by genuine and reliable nation states. Mainstream media must begin to ardently press the American government, the United Nations and other reluctant countries to engage a mature discussion about the monumental data and evidence is saying about an Extraterrestrial presence.
For further details on this Vatican announcement visit the BBC report:
Victor Viggiani
Director of Media Relations
Exopolitics Toronto
zland@sympatico.ca
