The Italian daily L’Espresso sees a shift in Vatican policy regarding Iraq, with new foreign-policy officials showing greater sympathy for US policy.

The Italian daily L’Espresso sees a shift in Vatican policy regarding Iraq, with new foreign-policy officials showing greater sympathy for US policy. L’Espresso sees a distinct change in the tone of Vatican statements on Iraq in recent days. The newspaper claims that a gradual shift in perspective was punctuated last week, when L’Ossservatore Romano received orders from the Secretariat of State to tone down criticism of peacekeeping operations in Iraq.