A little while ago, somebody forwarded an e-mail which claimed to provide 
proof that the Vatican believes in ETs.  The "proof" it pointed to was in 
Italian, and thus a bit hard to verify.  However, I have found the following 
-- a retraction of the claim from CAUS, who also forwarded a similar message 
and then found out they shouldn't have.  As a side note, it appears that one 
Richard Boylan is a big supporter of this story, and longtime residents of 
this echo know just how much his claims are to be believed... 
Here are both messages:
  (1)
Dear Supporters of the CAUS:
The following has appeared over the many UFO mailing lists the past two days
and though not evidence of contact per se...I thought you might be interested
in the information...especially as we approach the Easter holiday.
"Monsignor Corrado Balducci, a Vatican theologian insider close to the Pope
has gone on national Italian television five times in recent months to
proclaim that extraterrestrial contact is a real phenomenon.
The prelate announced that the Vatican is receiving much information about
extraterrestrials and their contacts with humans from its Nuncios (embassies)
in various countries, such as Mexico, Chile and Venezuela. Monsignor Balducci
said that he is on a Vatican commission looking into extraterrestrial
encounters, and how to cope with the emerging general realization of
extraterrestrial contact.
Balducci provided the Catholic Church's analysis of extraterrestrials,
emphasizing that extraterrestrial encounters "are NOT demonic, they are NOT
due to psychological impairment, they are NOT a case of entity attachment,
but these encounters deserve to be studied carefully."
Since Monsignor Balducci is a Vatican expert exorcist, and since the Catholic
Church has historically demonized many new phenomena that were poorly
understood, his proclaiming the Vatican's non-censure of these encounters is
all the more remarkable.
Balducci revealed to a visiting American clinical professional from the
Academy of Clinical Close Encounter Therapists, that the Vatican is closely
following this phenomenon."
Peter A,. Gersten, Esq.
Executive Director, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy, Inc. (CAUS)
P.O. Box 20351
Sedona, Arizona 86341-0351
voice mail: 602-818-8248
e-mail: Ufolawyer@caus.org
website: http://www.caus.org
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  (2)
Dear Supporters of the CAUS,
The earlier story about the Vatican and ET pronouncements, on further
investigation, appears not to be true. The motivation and credibility of the
original source for this story is questionable and highly suspect.  None of
the information, other than there being a Monsignor Balducci, can be
substantiated. Though I stated this story was circulated on UFO mailing 
ists,
 I should have confirmed the story before CAUS distributed it. I apologise to
everyone for this lapse in judgment.
Peter A. Gersten, Esq.
Executive Director, Citizens Againt UFO SEcrecy, Inc
http://caus.org
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