well, since you mention his moral authority:
"The Pope today issued his strongest message yet in opposition to possible war in Iraq, telling Vatican diplomats that military force must be “the very last option.”
John Paul said a renewed conflict with Baghdad would only harm ordinary Iraqis, “already sorely tried” by UN sanctions imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990."
http://breaking.examiner.ie/2003/01/13/story84104.html
ooo look the christains are speakin up now.....
yawn