John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter writes that "if the Holy See were to vote in a secret ballot for the American president, Kerry would beat Bush 60-40."John Allen is an apostate and a Marxist.
What he doesn't know about the Holy See would strain the capacity of the Library of Congress.
Allen is not a conservative and the paper he works for is intensely "progressive." But he does have fantastic connections and usually does solid reporting. It is probably the only part of NCR that's not outright bird cage liner.
Note that Allen said the 60-40 split involved all officials, including the curia bureaucrats. He added that if the vote were just among the bishops and Cardinals, the vote would probably flip 60-40 the other way for Bush.