Vatican astronomer says it's okay to believe in extra-terrestrials

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For Christians it is also possible "to admit the existence of other worlds and other forms of life, even those more evolved than ours, without necessarily questioning faith in the Creation, in the incarnation (of God as man through Jesus) and redemption" of mankind, said Funes.

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Doesn't this somewhat contradict the entire "men in his image" thing?