Editing The Catholic Church Reacts (section)

==Could you baptise Superman?==

A pocket-sized book published by CTS this week addresses Catholic attitudes to the Survivors and the idea of powers beyond laws of nature.

With increasing numbers evidence  of "the Godlike" having powers beyond normal science, it is not surprising that the Catholic Church is beginning to explore what effect the discovery of these unique individuals might have on Christian theology.

In: Godlike in the Universe? Catholic belief and the search for
the meanings behind the individuals godlike in ability, author Guy Consolmagno SJ, asks:

* Would humans recognise godlike ability if we saw it?
* Could we understand it? Should we even try?
* Is Original Sin something that affects all intelligent beings?
* Is Jesus Christ's redemption valid for all intelligent beings throughout the universe?
* or could other beings have natural abilities that compare to Jesus and other desciples?


'''Guy Consolmagno SJ''', a Jesuit religious brother and astronomer, divides his year between the Vatican's observatory in Arizona and its older observatory at the Pope's summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, in the hills outside of Rome.

Brother Guy has advanced degrees in planetary science from MIT and the University of Arizona. He spends his time observing comets and asteroids, and does experiments with the Vatican's vast collection of meteorites  one of the largest in the world. He is one of a dozen Jesuit astronomers doing this work. The order been engaged in astronomy since before Galileo.


'''Could you baptise Superman?'''  by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ
is published by: Catholic Truth Society ISBN 1-86082-343-2


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