Not if there's some advantage to be gained. The Church has always weighed in on the side of the Palestinians, I think, because it knows Christians can be subject to persecution in Arab countries if it doesn't!
An Italian foreign policy expert who advises the Vatican said as much a month ago. He opined that the Church can rip the West because It knows it can, without repercussion. Notice, Bush pats the Pope on the head, praises him as a great moral leader, and ignores every political plea he makes because John Paul II has a different agenda than Bush does.