From the BBC News, Vatican says aliens could exist:

Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, he speculates.

Fortunately Pope Benedict XVI recently visited the USA and denounced the sexual abuse scandals saying that they had, “cause[d] deep shame.” Otherwise I’d never be able to get Preist Maxi’s voice out of my head (from South Park’s episode Red Hot Catholic Love):

I’m just saying, what works on planet Gelgamek isn’t necessarily goin’ ta work for the rest of us here, on Earth. You see? That’s the problem we’re having here.

Or is there something the Vatican has failed to tell us?