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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (14245)	3/1/2003 10:21:30 AM
From: ForYourEyesOnly	Respond to of 25898

Papal envoy presses Bush on Iraq The Pope is under no illusions about the envoys chances Pope John Paul II has decided to send a personal envoy to Washington to deliver a message to United States President George W Bush about the threatened war against Iraq. The Vatican has already made it amply clear that it opposes the US administration's plan for war against Iraq to remove President Saddam Hussein from power. The Pope has either seen in person - or sent his personal envoy - to several of the main protagonists in the current international crisis. The Vatican's peace-making efforts have included recent papal audiences at the Vatican with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Tariq Aziz, Iraq's deputy prime minister, and also the Spanish prime minister, who supports Mr Bush. Significant gesture Now the Pope is sending Cardinal Pio Laghi, a retired Vatican diplomat who was for many years Papal Nuncio in America, with a personal message to Mr Bush appealing to a peaceful solution to the crisis with Iraq. A brief Vatican statement said Cardinal Laghi was to inform the US of the various initiatives undertaken by the Vatican to contribute towards disarmament and peace in the Middle East. The Pope has no illusions about the chances of his envoy persuading Mr Bush to change his mind. But his gesture will please the US Catholic bishops who have been telling their faithful that war is morally wrong. It will also be appreciated by Iraq's tiny Catholic minority. news.bbc.co.uk