When E.T. Phones the Pope - washingtonpost.com

Marc Kaufman -- The religious questions raised by aliens - washingtonpost.com: "The Catholic Church isn't the only institution preparing itself for what could be a world-changing event. For instance, NASA's National Astrobiology Institute, established in 1998, sponsored a meeting of scientists, ethicists, religious leaders and philosophers in February to brainstorm about the societal implications of astrobiology, and it is preparing a semiofficial 'road map' of sensitive issues we'd need to address should the presence of life elsewhere be established."