While the Cat's Away...

Looks as though "the Vatican's" condemnatory statements on the Lebanon bombings by Israel were unauthorized by Papa Ratzi, but we'll have to wait and see if any sort of clarification is issued (i.e., Sodano gets the smack down) once he gets back from vacation.

Update: If al-Reutereea's reporting is accurate, the pope is significantly more balanced than what was put out there by Sodano. However, it still doesn't appear as though the pope understands that Israel's actions are justified.