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What did some of the greatest figures in the Catholic Church think about aliens? Conor Gallagher and Dr. Paul Thigpen discuss.
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Paul Thigpen, PhD is an internationally known speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning journalist. He has published more than sixty books, including Manual for Spiritual Warfare, Saints Who Saw Hell, and The Rapture Trap and Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith: Are We Alone in the Universe with God and the Angels? In addition, he has published more than five hundred journal and magazine articles in more than forty religious and secular periodicals. His work has been circulated worldwide and translated into sixteen languages. Paul graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a BA in Religious Studies. Awarded the Woodruff, Javitz, and Salvatori Fellowships for graduate study, he earned an MA and PhD in historical theology from Emory University. In 2008, Paul was appointed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to their National Advisory Council. He has also served the Church as a university theology professor, historian, apologist, catechist, and musician.
Whether you're a believer, skeptic, or just curious, this discussion will challenge your perspectives on the universe, faith, and the mysteries of alien life.
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Church: Are We Alone in the Universe with God and the Angels? - https://bit.ly/414MbWQ
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
ETI and the Catholic Church? An Interview with Dr. Paul Thigpen - https://bit.ly/4hncRb5
CHAPTERS
00:01 St. Thomas Aquinas
2:03 Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
3:08 St. Padre Pio
5:36 St. Pope John Paul II