Are we really alone?

Vatican City - The Vatican is interested in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Director of the Vatican Observatory, Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, says, “The questions of life’s origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration." Thirty scientists from the U.S., France, Britain, Switzerland, Italy and Chile attended a conference called by the Catholic Church to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life, its implications and how scientific disciplines can explore the issue. 

Astronomy professor at Arizona University, Chris Impey, commented,  “There is a rich middle ground for dialogue between the practitioners of astrobiology and those who seek to understand the meaning of our existence in a biological universe.” The Church's stand is that believing the universe might host aliens, even intelligent ones, does not contradict a faith in God.