But IIRC the author said that he had already done it several times.
The Vatican has been the loudest and most constistent voice for life in the world for a century, opposing abortion, opposing artificial birth control because (a) it commoditizes sex and leads to the commoditizing of human beings, and (b) fails sometimes and leads to abortion, opposing the death penalty, opposing war.
Right now, the Pope himself is living off of a feeding tube, while the American government murders a helpless woman by withdrawing hers and placing armed guards around her to make sure she dies of thirst.
It's a singular case that has captured the attention of America and the world, and it is the single most dramatic confrontation of the pro-life and pro-death forces in the world today.
The pro-death forces one, and the Vatican rightly focused on it and said so.