Protection of Catholics in the country. JPII well remembers the persecution of Dutch Catholics after the Dutch bishops condemned Hitler.
That's a valid reason to remain neutral.
But the Pope actually allowed his minions to accuse the United States of "criminality" in our war against Hussein.
The Pope could well take advantage of the strong sentiment in the Florida Cuban exile community to criticize the human rights violations of Castro.
Sadly, he's never said a thing!
I don't get it. I really don't.
I wish you could see the state of the Catholic Church in Cuba. Pope John Paul was a crusader against Communism at one point, but he got old, and the Vatican got soft after the wall fell. And the forgot about the Cubans. What Christians go through there is beyond words. I spent a week there in April. It's a psychotic place.