Sure. Just as he was looking for common ground between opponents of embryonic stem cell research and parents of children with juvenile diabetes, just as he was looking for common ground between evangelical pastors and gay activists on HIV/AIDS, and just as he was looking for common ground between soldiers and lawyers on US national defense. / Sarc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano#L.27Osservatore_Romano_and_the_Magisterium
A common error for journalists and theologians is to interpret the texts of L’Osservatore Romano as if they were of official value for the Magisterium. In fact, they cannot have such a value, except if a high-ranking bishop is writing a more solemn text, and not a mere theological opinion. Otherwise, L’Osservatore does not have the ability to write or approve encyclicals and papal allocutions.
For instance, a 2008 article expressed the wish that the debate on brain death be re-opened because of new developments in the medical world. An official spokesman said that the article presented a personal opinion of the author and “did not reflect a change in the Catholic Church’s position”
[link in note 6: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0804460.htm ]