\nwas one of those times, at a seminary no less, that we had an interesting conversation about something many of us knew nothing about: stars, aliens and the connection with faith. We had a visit from Jesuit
\nFather David Brown whose work is at the Vatican’s Observatory<\/a>. Funny that David and I are classmates but our journeys took us in different directions. Of course, he went up…that is, he studies the stars and I just went…<\/p>\n
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\ncoinky-dinky, Stephen Colbert chatted with the Vatican astronomer<\/a>, Jesuit
\nBrother Guy Consolmagno, about extraterrestrial life. Who would have thought
\nthat the seminary and Mr. Colbert were doing the same stuff: thinking about life beyond
\nthe present moment.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n