Does the Catholic Church Really Go Alien Hunting?

Every so often, there will be a report in the news indicating the openness the Catholic Church has for the existence of aliens. From stories about Br. Guy Consolmagno, who runs the Vatican Observatory in Arizona, making it clear that the church is interested in the possibility of alien life, to Pope Francis indicating he would baptize an alien if an alien came to him and asked  for it, it sometimes appears that the Catholic Church not only has embraced the possibility of the existence of alien life, it is actively searching for it…