Is there intelligent life somewhere in the depths of space? Surely each of you has already ready the answer to this eternal question, but you probably want to know how the Vatican itself is looking at this matter? Here you are!

In the face of ever new discoveries made with the help of telescopes and space probes, such as: organic compounds on comet 67P, in an alien galaxy or on Saturn's icy moons, we ask ourselves whether we are not alone.

You will soon find out how Jose Funesa, the director of the Vatican Observatory, is one of the world's oldest scientific institutes dealing with observing the sky, which is located in the Italian Castel Gandolfo.

Interestingly, for the Vatican, the issue of space exploration and the search for alien life forms is of great importance. This is evidenced by the close cooperation of the Holy See with scientists from the United States, which has been going on for over 24 years.

The Vatican and the University of Arizona have built a state-of-the-art VATT telescope that sits atop Mount Graham. His optics are among the most precisely made ground telescopes in history. With its help, you can observe even the most dimly visible objects traversing the Solar System.

Jose Funes holds a scientific degree in theology and is a doctor of astronomy. Journalists asked him about the issue of God and intelligent life outside the solar system. He stated with all firmness that God could create planets and life similar to the one we know from Earth, but there was no other Jesus.

The discovery of intelligent life will not mean that a second Jesus appeared there once. The Incarnation of the Son of God is the only unique event, not only on the Earth's scale, but also on the Universe. However, the existence of intelligent life on another planet is not contrary to Christian faith, emphasized the scholar.

Funes also noted that the Bible is not a scientific book and it is a mistake to search for answers to scientific questions. The search for life in the Universe helps us understand ourselves, our potential, but also our limitations.

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