God could have created aliens too: Vatican

The search for extraterrestrial life does not contradict belief in God, the pope's chief astronomer said on Tuesday, adding that some aliens might even be innocent of the original sin. [From God could have created aliens too: Vatican]

How bizzare. Wasn't there a Sci-fi story about just this issue? IIRC it's about a priest who ends up being crucified by the aliens who expect him to be resurrected and discover their sin when he hangs there dead?

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[Stephen Garner]

Hmmm, I can't think of that specific story, but these look at similar themes: Mary Doria Russell's "The Sparrow", James Blish's "A case of conscience", & Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the Dead".

Dan Simmon's 'Hyperion' also had something similar, didn't it?