[0:00:12 - 0:00:18] And maybe let a few secrets out, specifically what the
Vatican knows about extraterrestrial
[0:00:22 - 0:00:29] It turns out Pope Leo XIV has a spiritual connection to the
Vatican's long history of
[0:02:04 - 0:02:10] In fact, the
Vatican has now confirmed the new pope picked his new name for that very
[0:02:14 - 0:02:21] He established the
Vatican Observatory, cementing the church's long-standing fascination with
[0:02:25 - 0:02:32] Even now, the
Vatican operates a state-of-the-art telescope system on the outskirts of Rome and Mount
[0:02:34 - 0:02:40] Vatican astronomers collaborate with astronomers in leading institutions worldwide.
[0:02:40 - 0:02:47] Their findings, their methods, and their research, like all
Vatican records are preserved for
[0:03:30 - 0:03:38] Pope Francis, by the way, just last fall authorized an expansion of the
Vatican archives and library,
[0:03:54 - 0:03:59] The hunt for proof of alien life in the
Vatican files picked up steam in 2023 when a former
[0:03:59 - 0:04:07] US intelligence official named David Grush told Congress that the
Vatican had been involved
[0:05:15 - 0:05:21] You're saying that the Catholic Church, the
Vatican, they know about the existence of
[0:05:38 - 0:05:44] Is it laughable to think that the
Vatican holds secret information on the existence of
[0:05:54 - 0:06:00] In the 1970s, he was tapped by President Carter to contact the
Vatican about what they
[0:08:00 - 0:08:07] And that was who contacted me at the Jesuit headquarters to have me contact the
Vatican [0:08:07 - 0:08:13] to get whatever information the
Vatican had about the UFO phenomenon and about extraterrestrial
[0:10:05 - 0:10:11] But I do have this question, should the
Vatican be concerned about any kinds of revelations
[0:12:51 - 0:12:58] wrong here is that the archives don't belong to the
Vatican, they belong to the Pope and so he is
[0:13:05 - 0:13:11] understand that there are politics that play out in the
Vatican, it's just like any other organization.
[0:13:12 - 0:13:18] Could he be hamstrung by politics in the
Vatican? Can he really just wave a wand and make it happen?
[0:13:26 - 0:13:31] College of Cardinals and within the
Vatican structures themselves, just like any president
[0:13:55 - 0:14:01] time in the
Vatican. He's quite familiar with some of those power dynamics and I believe that he's
[0:14:32 - 0:14:38] not only by the United States government, but by the
Vatican and by the leaders of the Jewish faith,