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Friday, Apr. 24, 2015  Tyrades! Oh Come, All Ye
Extraterrestrials  Friday, November 20, 2009  According to the
Washington Post and Catholic News Service, our view of the
universe as a gated community may be crumbling.  The Vatican's
Pontifical Academy of Sciences recently held its first major
conference on astrobiology, the new science that seeks to find
life elsewhere in the cosmos and understand how it began on
earth. The attendees primarily focused on the scientific aspect,
but it's certainly not too soon to ponder the theological impact
of discovering life on other planets.  Churches would have to do
a lot of adjusting if we ever started mingling with these
hypothetical extraterrestrial. Most of us aren't ready to hear
someone gush, "Gimme eight bingo cards -- one for each
tentacle." Community outreach programs would have to teach EML
(English as a Millionth Language). Soup kitchens would ring with
shouts of "Hey, there's a fly in my soup! Got any