[M Kehoe]

when the United States invaded Iraq without United Nations approval -- dominated the pope's first speech of 2004.

Disclaimer: I am a practicing Catholic.

One, U.N. Resolution 1441 gave the U.S. approval from the Security Council to enforce the Resolution(s), and two, the U.S. is a sovereign nation and doesn't need U.N. approval to defend it's self.

Pope John Paul was a great Pope. Age does take it's toll.

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[G Larry]

Please go back and read the story again.
The Pope didn not say that the U.S. invaded without UN approval, that was Reuters.