The Vatican - The Vatican called for "the aggression" against Iraq "to end as soon as possible" and "international order to be restored", a papal spokesman, Mgr Joaquin Navarro, said yesterday.
The Vatican was not previously informed of the US air strikes against Iraq, he said.
The former president of Poland, Mr Lech Walsea, after an audience with the Pope, said that "every drop of blood" makes him suffer.