First of all, the Soviets were not waging a religious war that has "eternal" implications to inspire disaffected Arabs to become members of Al Qaeda (or any other terrorist offshoot). I don't recall the Soviet army having suicidal tendencies. Secondly, the Pope never referred to the Soviet Union as the "Evil Empire", either, yet he managed to turn Poland upside down by encouraging the workers and native Soviet puppets to embrace their right to dignity over communism. Thirdly, who, exactly would the proposed statements against terrorism serve? Not the terrorists - they don't care. Not the EU -- they don't even want God in their constititution. The only thing statements of condemnation coming from the Pope would serve is the recruitment efforts of Al Qaeda.