Might be those who are familiar with what is to come have made it known that to aline with the one world push is the wrong way to go...so the Vatican’s backtracking, or dodging this...and you’re right it is interesting and worth following to see how this plays out. Somehow I think they’ll stay on the fence when all is said and done.
I think the closer we get to actually seeing the implementation of a one world government we will find the Vatican was strongly behind it the whole time and will openly embrace it.