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Pope Francis says Martians asking for baptism would be welcome

When: 12 May 2014
Where: Vatican City
Sources: 1 public source

Pope Francis in 2014, the year of his homily imagining a Martian asking for baptism Pascal Bastien / European Union, 2014 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In a morning homily, Pope Francis imagined a group of green Martians, one of whom asks to be baptized, to show how shocking it was when Peter baptized non-Jews. The Vatican published the remark in its official summary of the May 12, 2014 homily.

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OfficialMorning Meditation: We are all ostiaries (12 May 2014) (opens in a new tab)The Holy See (vatican.va) / 2014-05-12

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