[Mr. Lucky]

Then it might be helpful were the Holy Father to offer to spend some quality time with American or British representatives.

[Dirk McQuickly]

He has. He's met with Bush 41 on more than one occasion since George W. took office, and he's met with George W., himself, twice.

Note how the Vatican did not offer a statement. The only thing of "value" was that Aziz told the same lie to the Pope (about cooperating) that he did to the rest of the world. The Pope told Aziz to start cooperating.