...i'll make sure to let the aliens know, if i see any

[rivendellrose]

Don't worry, the Vatican is ready to baptize aliens if they ask!

It's... good to know that all other, more pressing moral dilemmas have already been solved, I guess?

Is there some kind of contest at the Vatican right now for "most befuddling press release?" or what? I'm guessing this is one of those "any PR (that isn't talking about sex scandals) is good PR" kind of things...

Edited to Add: So... I've been thinking. The Vatican astronomer said:

Any entity – no matter how many tentacles it has – has a soul.

Any entity. Any... entity. So either there's a missing adjective there (like, say, 'sentient' or 'self-aware' or something like that), or this is a major change in theology, isn't it? I could have sworn the existing doctrine stated that animals don't have souls. I'm not going to complain, but isn't that going to be a tad bit problematic for them?

Also, I forgot to say that I snagged this link from deborah_judge, and that it's her fault that I'm now picturing the Pope attempting to baptize Londo. It was the "tentacles" remark.

Comments

[leianora.livejournal.com]

Funny, I was just trying to picture the Pope baptizing Worf. :D Hehe! Isn't it amusing what we Scifi geeks get up to sometimes?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Particularly amusing since apparently the church official in question got into science through sci-fi (which I think is just adorable).