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Vatican looks for alien life.
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11-11-2009 6:00 PM
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11-13-2009
4:24 PM
JackieDel
They should be lookinginside the Vatican, not outside.
11-14-2009
7:55 AM
biophiliac
And the Vatican has an observatory in Arizona - with advanced technology and Jesuit astronomers. Just what are they looking for?
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