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“If tomorrow, for example, an expedition of Martians arrives and some of them come to us … and if one of them says: ‘Me, I want to be baptized!’, what would happen?” he joked.
What would happen?
If there were any real priests around, one of them would surely ask, "Who is going to be your Godfather and Godmother? Who is going to teach you the Faith? Have you had instruction? Are you a catechumen? How did you know to ask to be baptized?" Because when and if the big day arises, the little green man would be asked, "What do you seek?" What would he say?
You know: REASONABLE questions would be asked.
But evidently none of these would be coming from the bishop of Rome. For if he were to ask questions, they might well be as follows:
"How do you feel about baptism? Do you have love in your heart? Do you even have a heart? Do you have a PULSE?" Wait. I lost focus there. Francis would not ask about the alien's circulatory system, but what he MIGHT do, is he might offer him a little cardboard box with a picture of a human heart and an EKG on it, containing a rosary. But would he pray the rosary with the alien, or, would he just sit in his chair facing another direction while the alien plays with the beads in his own way?
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