Pope astronomer considers extraterrestrial life conceivable

Pope astronomer considers extraterrestrial life conceivable Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims after leading the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican July 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

“We don’t even know enough to make an educated guess,” says the director of the Vatican Observatory on the possibility of extraterrestrial life. From a religious point of view, however, there is nothing to speak against it. The Director of the Vatican Observatory, Guy Consolmagno, believes that extraterrestrial life is possible. “We do not know.…

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