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A giant of Vatican diplomacyJean-Louis Tauran opposed the Gulf war and mended fences with Islam
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His fears for the Christian population of the Middle East proved well-founded. THE months leading up to the Anglo-American assault on Saddam Hussein in 2003 produced some tense moments in diplomacy of the religious, as well as the secular, sort.
To the dismay of American conservatives, especially Catholic ones, the ailing Pope John Paul II was unequivocal in his opposition to any recourse to war. By one count, the pontiff made this point at least 56 times.
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