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03VATICAN59 | 2003-01-08 13:19 | 2011-08-24 01:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy Vatican |
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 VATICAN 000059
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR EUR/WE MENNUTI AND NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL IS IZ IS IZ IS IZ VT VTPREL VTPREL
SUBJECT: POPE LAUNCHES END OF YEAR PEACE OFFENSIVE
REF: A. 02 VATICAN 5461
¶B. 02 VATICAN 5162
¶C. 02 VATICAN 4388
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SUMMARY
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PAGE 02 VATICA 00059 01 OF 03 081341Z
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¶1. (U) THE POPE AND SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIALS HAVE LAUNCHED AN
END OF YEAR "PEACE OFFENSIVE" WITH A SERIES OF STATEMENTS AND
MESSAGES AIMED AT COUNTERING THE PERCEPTION THAT WAR IN IRAQ
IS INEVITABLE. THESE MESSAGES HAVE ALSO URGED THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PURSUE ALL POSSIBLE STEPS TO AVOID
WAR. IN HIS NEW YEAR'S HOMILY, THE POPE EMPHASIZED THAT
"PEACE IS POSSIBLE AND A DUTY," WHILE AT CHRISTMAS, HE CALLED
ON ALL BELIEVERS TO "EXTINGUISH THE OMINOUS SMOLDERING OF A
CONFLICT WHICH, WITH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ALL, CAN BE
AVOIDED." ALTHOUGH THE HOLY SEE'S POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED
SUBSTANTIVELY FROM ITS PREVIOUS POSITION (REFTELS) THAT WAR
COULD BE JUSTIFIED IF THE UN DETERMINES MILITARY ACTION
NECESSARY AND ALL OTHER MEANS OF AVOIDING CONFLICT ARE
EXHAUSTED, RECENT STATEMENTS HAVE HAD GREATER URGENCY AND A
SHARPER TONE, SUGGESTING THAT THE HOLY SEE WOULD LIKELY
CONDEMN ANY ACTION THAT OCCURRED WITHOUT UN AUTHORIZATION OR
WITHOUT ALLOWING THE INSPECTION PROCESS TO RUN ITS COURSE.
THE HOLY SEE CONTINUES TO REJECT THE NOTION OF A PRE-EMPTIVE
WAR, ASSERTING THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO "THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE"
WITH EVERY COUNTRY BEING EMPOWERED TO TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION
TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBORS OR ENEMIES. THE POPE HAS
ALSO REPEATEDLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
CONFLICT, WITH BALANCED CALLS FOR AN END TO THE SPIRAL OF
BLIND VIOLENCE AND SUFFERING OF ALL THE PEOPLES IN THE
REGION. END SUMMARY.
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SEIZING THE 'BULLY PULPIT' FOR PEACE
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PAGE 03 VATICA 00059 01 OF 03 081341Z
¶2. (U) TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE 'BULLY PULPIT' AFFORDED
THE POPE BY THE MANY HOLIDAY SEASON MASSES AND MESSAGES HEARD
BY MILLIONS WORLDWIDE, HE AND SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIALS HAVE
BEEN ACTIVELY PUSHING A 'MESSAGE OF PEACE' TO COUNTER
ACCEPTANCE OF THE INEVITABILITY OF WAR IN IRAQ AND OF
CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.
ACCORDING TO ARCHBISHOP RENATO MARTINO, NEWLY APPOINTED HEAD
OF THE COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE, THE POPE IS "GENUINELY
VERY CONCERNED BY THE EVENTS THAT COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE
NEAR FUTURE." ACCORDING TO MARTINO, THE POPE IS DOING
"EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO AVOID A DETERIORATION IN THE
SITUATION THAT COULD END IN CONFLICT." BEGINNING WITH HIS
CHRISTMAS DAY "URBI ET ORBI" ADDRESS, TELEVISED IN OVER 50
COUNTRIES, THE POPE APPEALED TO THE WORLD "NOT TO YIELD TO
MISTRUST, SUSPICION, AND DISCOURAGEMENT, EVEN AS THE TRAGIC
REALITY OF TERRORISM FEEDS UNCERTAINTIES AND FEARS." HE
FURTHER CALLED ON BELIEVERS AND MEN OF GOODWILL TO
"EXTINGUISH THE OMINOUS SMOLDERING OF A CONFLICT WHICH, WITH
THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ALL CAN BE AVOIDED."
¶3. (U) AT THE NEW YEAR'S MASS, THE POPE CALLED FOR PEACEFUL
MEANS TO OVERCOME INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS, STATING THAT
"BEFORE THE CONFLICTS OF THE DAY AND THE THREATENING TENSIONS
OF THE MOMENT, ONCE AGAIN I INVITE ALL TO PRAY SO THAT
PEACEFUL MEANS OF AGREEMENT WILL BE SOUGHT...IN HARMONY WITH
INTERNATIONAL LAW." HE EMPHASIZED THAT "DESPITE SERIOUS AND
REPEATED ATTACKS AGAINST THE SERENE AND SHARED COEXISTENCE OF
PEOPLES, PEACE IS POSSIBLE AND A DUTY... AND MUST BE
CONSTRUCTED WITH EVERY EFFORT." AFTERWARD, GREETING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING PEACE MARCHERS FORM THE
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PAGE 04 VATICA 00059 01 OF 03 081341Z
SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ITALY, THE POPE RECEIVED
EXTENDED APPLAUSE WHEN HE DECLARED: "HOW CAN ONE NOT EXPRESS
ONCE AGAIN THE HOPE THAT AMONG THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE,
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WILL BE DONE TO FIND PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS
TO THE MANY TENSIONS PRESENT IN THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, AVOIDING FURTHER SUFFERINGS TO THOSE PEOPLES
WHO HAVE BEEN SO TRIED."
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COUNTERING INEVITABILITY OF WAR
-------------------------------
¶4. (SBU) IN A PRE-CHRISTMAS TOUR D'HORIZON INTERVIEW IN
ROME'S LA REPUBBLICA NEWSPAPER, FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-LOUIS
TAURAN LAUNCHED THE HOLIDAY PEACE BLITZ WITH THE THEME THAT
"THE USE OF ARMS IS NOT AN INEVITABLE FATALITY, AND WHAT IS
MORE, NO PROVISION IS MADE IN THE UN CHARTER FOR A PREVENTIVE
WAR." TAURAN WENT ON TO UNDERSCORE BAGHDAD'S RESPONSIBILITY
TO "APPLY POLICIES IN ACCORD WITH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT THAT
GO WITH BEING A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS." NOTING THAT
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UNCLASSIFIED PTQ8600
PAGE 01 VATICA 00059 02 OF 03 081342Z
ACTION EUR-00
INFO LOG-00 NP-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 USNW-00 DODE-00
DS-00 UTED-00 VC-00 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-00 LAB-01
VCE-00 NEA-00 DCP-01 NSAE-00 DHS-00 IRM-00 TEST-00
DSCC-00 PRM-00 DRL-02 NFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00 /004W
------------------21D465 081342Z /38
P 081319Z JAN 03
FM AMEMBASSY VATICAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
ISLAMIC CONFERENCE COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 VATICAN 000059
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR EUR/WE MENNUTI AND NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL IS IZ IS IZ IS IZ VT VTPREL VTPREL
SUBJECT: POPE LAUNCHES END OF YEAR PEACE OFFENSIVE
HE HAD CONVEYED TO THE U.S. TWO MONTHS EARLIER (REFTELS) THE
HOLY SEE'S VIEW OF THE NEED FOR DIALOGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE
FACE OF IRAQI DEFAULT, HE INSISTED THAT "NOTHING SHOULD BE
DECIDED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS."
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PAGE 02 VATICA 00059 02 OF 03 081342Z
¶5. (SBU) TAURAN WAS SHARPLY CRITICAL OF POTENTIAL UNILATERAL
U.S. ACTION, INSISTING THAT "IT CANNOT BE THAT A MEMBER OF
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE: 'I WILL DO THIS AND
YOU WILL HELP ME, OTHERWISE, STAY AT HOME.'" IF THIS WERE TO
HAPPEN, TAURAN CAUTIONED, "THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL
RULES WOULD CRUMBLE, AND ONE WOULD RISK THE LAW OF THE
JUNGLE." INEVITABLY, IN HIS VIEW, INDIVIDUAL STATES HAVING
DISPUTES WITH OTHER STATES WOULD, USING THE SAME LOGIC,
DECIDE THAT THEY WOULD "PUT THINGS IN ORDER" UNILATERALLY.
JUSTICE AND PEACE'S MARTINO ALSO CAUTIONED AGAINST
UNILATERALISM RECENTLY, OBSERVING THAT "WE SHOULD REJECT
UNILATERALISM, AS WELL AS THE IDEA OF A WORLD POLICEMAN."
BOTH MARTINO AND FM TAURAN HAVE SPOKEN OF THE VALUE OF A
"MODERATING" EUROPEAN INFLUENCE, AIMED AT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
ALL THE MEANS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND OFFERING ALL MEDIATION
POSSIBLE TO PREVENT WAR. TAURAN CITED A COMMON CONVICTION IN
HIS CONTACTS WITH EUROPEAN AND ARAB LEADERS THAT "WAR IS NOT
THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM." IN THIS REGARD, HE CITED WHAT IS
A GROWING VATICAN FEAR THAT WAR COULD UNLEASH AN
ANTI-CHRISTIAN, ANTI-WESTERN BACKLASH IN THE MUSLIM WORLD.
--------------------------------------------- -----
BUT RECOGNIZING LEGITIMACY OF ACTION AGAINST IRAQ
--------------------------------------------- -----
¶6. (SBU) DESPITE THE PEACE OFFENSIVE, WHICH THE MEDIA HAS
WIDELY HAILED AS A SIGN THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL OPPOSE ANY
ACTION AGAINST IRAQ, THE HOLY SEE'S POSITION REMAINS MORE
NUANCED THAN OFTEN PORTRAYED IN THE ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA. IN FACT, EVEN AS TAURAN REJECTED THE IDEA OF A
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PAGE 03 VATICA 00059 02 OF 03 081342Z
UNILATERAL PREVENTIVE WAR, HE DID NOT EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY
OF A MILITARY INTERVENTION "IF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,
DRAWING ON INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IN PARTICULAR RESOLUTIONS OF
THE SECURITY COUNCIL, DETERMINED THAT OPPORTUNE AND
PROPORTIONATE RECOURSE TO FORCE." THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE
HOLY SEE'S VIEW THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE
MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POTENTIAL IRAQI FAILINGS TO
RESPECT THE WILL OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
---------------------------------------------
U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISCUSSION EVOKES REBUKE
---------------------------------------------
¶7. (SBU) THE RECENT REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF THE U.S. USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN RESPONSE TO
A WMD ATTACK AGAINST THE U.S. EVOKED A HARSH REBUKE FROM
TAURAN, WHO SAID "IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO EVEN ECHO THIS
HYPOTHESIS, AS IT SEEMS SO MONSTROUS TO ME."
--------------------------------------------- ---------
SITUATION IN THE HOLY LANDS CONTINUES TO WEIGH ON POPE
--------------------------------------------- ---------
¶8. (U) THE POPE'S PEACE MESSAGE WAS NOT ONLY FOCUSED ON IRAQ,
BUT ALSO ON WHAT HE TERMED "THE SENSELESS SPIRAL OF BLIND
VIOLENCE" IN THE HOLY LAND. SPEAKING ON THE SITUATION IN THE
MIDDLE EAST IN HIS WORLD DAY OF PEACE MESSAGE JANUARY 1, THE
POPE OBSERVED THAT "THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF BITTER MUTUAL
REJECTION AND AN UNENDING CHAIN OF VIOLENCE AND RETALIATION
HAVE SHATTERED EVERY EFFORT THUS FAR TO ENGAGE IN SERIOUS
DIALOGUE ON THE REAL ISSUES INVOLVED." THE POPE SAID IT
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PAGE 04 VATICA 00059 02 OF 03 081342Z
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONCEIVE OF PROGRESS UNTIL THOSE IN
POSITIONS OF POWER BEGIN TO USE THEIR POWER TO IMPLEMENT
POLICIES BASED ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
FM TAURAN REITERATED THAT THE HOLY SEE'S POSITION ON THE
"THE MOTHER OF ALL CONFLICTS" REMAINS: RESPECT FOR THE OTHER
AND HIS LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS, WITHDRAWAL FROM THE OCCUPIED
TERRITORIES, PRESENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON THE
GROUND, AND INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEES FOR THE HOLY SITES.
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COMMENT
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¶9. (SBU) THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS THEME OF 'PEACE ON EARTH'
OFFERS A NATURAL FOCUS FOR THE HOLY SEE TO PROMOTE ITS
PREFERRED VISION OF A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE IRAQ CRISIS.
THE POPE'S PLEAS RECEIVED A WARM RECEPTION AT THE TRADITIONAL
MASSES AND IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE, WHERE THOUSANDS OF CATHOLIC
PEACE MARCHERS HAD TURNED OUT IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW
YEAR SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE POPE'S MESSAGE. THE
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED PTQ8602
PAGE 01 VATICA 00059 03 OF 03 081342Z
ACTION EUR-00
INFO LOG-00 NP-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 USNW-00 DODE-00
DS-00 UTED-00 VC-00 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-00 LAB-01
VCE-00 NEA-00 DCP-01 NSAE-00 DHS-00 IRM-00 TEST-00
DSCC-00 PRM-00 DRL-02 NFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00 /004W
------------------21D46D 081342Z /38
P 081319Z JAN 03
FM AMEMBASSY VATICAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
ISLAMIC CONFERENCE COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 VATICAN 000059
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR EUR/WE MENNUTI AND NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL IS IZ IS IZ IS IZ VT VTPREL VTPREL
SUBJECT: POPE LAUNCHES END OF YEAR PEACE OFFENSIVE
VATICAN'S VIEWS ON ISSUES OF WAR AND PEACE REMAIN INFLUENTIAL
IN ITALY AND OTHER PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC COUNTRIES IN EUROPE
AND BEYOND. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MEDIA TRUMPETS ONLY THE CLEAR
AND COMPELLING APPEALS FOR PEACE, LEAVING ASIDE THE MORE
SUBTLE COMPLEXITIES OF THE VATICAN'S POSITION. ALTHOUGH THE
VATICAN CAN NEVER ADVOCATE FOR WAR, IT CAN BE EXPECTED TO
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PAGE 02 VATICA 00059 03 OF 03 081342Z
ADHERE TO ITS PUBLICLY STATED VIEW ON THE POTENTIAL
LEGITIMACY OF MILITARY ACTION AUTHORIZED BY THE UN. SOME
INFLUENTIAL CATHOLIC THINKERS (PAPAL BIOGRAPHER GEORGE WIEGEL
PROMINENT AMONG THEM) HAVE BEGUN TO REASSESS THE CATECHISM'S
THEORY OF JUST WAR IN LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND
THE PROLIFERATION OF WMD. THE HOLY SEE, HOWEVER, HAS NOT YET
BEEN CONVINCED THAT THE THREAT FROM IRAQ IS IMMINENT OR CLEAR
ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THEIR CURRENT HIGH HURDLES FOR A 'JUST
WAR.' ANY MILITARY ACTION UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT UN SANCTION OR
IN THE FACE OF AN INSPECTION PROCESS THAT APPEARS NOT TO HAVE
RUN ITS COURSE WOULD THEREFORE BE LIKELY TO MEET WITH STRONG
VATICAN OPPOSITION.
NICHOLSON
UNCLASSIFIED
>
2003VATICA00059 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED