[GirlShortstop]

On that day, the pope said, faithful will pray for "the conversion of hearts and the long-range vision of just decisions to resolve disputes with adequate and peaceful means."

Call me naive, but what is wrong with what the Holy Father has asked us to pray for?    I sure would like to see SH blown to pieces, but it seems to me that this prayer is an acceptable word to God.    Are the bashers assuming that *only* prayers for a battlefield win are "approved" and "sanctioned"?

[Conservative til I die]

I personally am all for the Pope praying for peace. I do disagree with him, and I do wish he would put more of the onus on Hussein. Of course, the Pope I think, realizes that Hussein is a madman and it would be futile to even ask him to stop his actions. Christianity has always been about putting the onus on the wronged, in a way (turn the other cheek, love your enemies, forgive 70 x 7 times, etc.)