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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
01VATICAN1744	2001-03-30 10:46	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Vatican

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 VATICAN 001744 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT. FOR EUR/WE (VAN CLEVE), EUR/PD/PA, DRL/IRF 
 
FROM EMBASSY VATICAN/MESSAGE NO. 51/01 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BU IT PHUM PINR SOCI BU IT VT VTPREL
SUBJECT: VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" 
 
 
¶1.   THE MARCH 24 - 30 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM 
VATICAN CITY. 
 
CONTENTS: 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        VATICA  01744  01 OF 02  301041Z 
- VATICAN CALLS FOR UN TO MONITOR BIOTECHNOLOGY 
- DRUG INJECTION ROOMS JUDGED "UNETHICAL" BY VATICAN 
- POPE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF FIGHT AGAINST MAFIA 
- SPOKESMAN SAYS POPE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR AN OCTOGENARIAN 
- PAPAL TRAVEL PLANS FOR BULGARIA 
 
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VATICAN SEEKS UN ROLE IN BIOTECH MONITORING 
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¶2.   THE VATICAN'S PERMANENT OBSERVER TO UN FOOD AGENCIES, 
ARCHBISHOP AGOSTINO MARCHETTO, OPINED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
AND HUMAN HEALTH RISKS OF BIO-ENGINEERED FOOD DEMAND 
STRONGER INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND CONTROLS. THE 
REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL 
ORGANIZATION SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING A LEAD ROLE, ESPECIALLY 
IN EDUCATION AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. ACCORDING TO 
ARCHBISHOP MARCHETTO, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RAISED 
BY GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS HAVE A GLOBAL IMPACT AND THUS 
REQUIRE INTERNATIONALLY GUARANTEED STANDARDS. HE SAID THE 
FAO SHOULD ACTIVELY PURSUE "BIOSECURITY" QUESTIONS, DRAWING 
ON ITS POSITION AS A CENTRALIZED AGENCY OF INFORMATION AND 
RESEARCH ON AGRICULTURAL ISSUES. THE ARCHBISHOP SAID THIS 
WOULD ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE TO HELP MEMBER 
STATES ENACT CONTROL PROCEDURES FOR THE FOOD PRODUCTION 
PHASE AND AS WELL AS WAYS TO COMBAT EMERGENCIES. 
 
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VATICAN SAYS DRUG INJECTION ROOMS "UNETHICAL" 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 03        VATICA  01744  01 OF 02  301041Z 
¶3.   THE VATICAN'S PERMANENT OBSERVER THE UN AGENCIES IN 
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MONSIGNOR DOMINIQUE REZEAU, HAS DESCRIBED 
DRUG INJECTION ROOMS WHERE ADDICTS CAN SHOOT UP UNDER 
MEDICAL SUPERVISION AS "UNETHICAL AND MISGUIDED." REZEAU 
SAID GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SHOULD FOCUS INSTEAD ON ADDICTS' 
REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. HE SAID DRUG 
DEPENDENCY WAS NOT A RIGHT OR A FREEDOM BECAUSE IT DAMAGED 
THE ADDICT AND WAS A SELF-RENUNCIATION OF PERSONAL DIGNITY. 
REZEAU SAID COUNTRIES IN FAVOR OF THE INJECTION ROOMS 
POINTED TO REDUCTIONS IN OVERDOSE DEATHS, INFECTIONS AND 
DISEASE TRANSMISSION AS BENEFITS OF THE INJECTING ROOM 
PROGRAM. HE RETORTED THAT SUCH PROGRAMS HAD DISADVANTAGES 
INCLUDING A NEGLIGIBLE DESIRE FOR SOCIAL REINTEGRATION. 
MONSIGNOR REZEAU SAID DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAMS EQUALLY 
REDUCE INSTANCES OF OVERDOSE AND INFECTION, WHILE AT THE 
SAME TIME HELPING ADDICTS TO RECOVER THEIR PLACE IN SOCIETY. 
 
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POPE ISSUES CHALLENGE TO SICILIAN MAFIA 
--------------------------------------- 
 
¶4.   IN A MESSAGE TO SICILY'S BISHOPS, POPE JOHN PAUL II 
STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST THE MAFIA. HE 
SAID SICILY COULD ONLY DEVELOP ITS FULL POTENTIAL IF THE MOB 
WERE DEFEATED. THE PONTIFF DESCRIBED THE MAFIA AS THE WORST 
OF SICILY'S EVILS. 
 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
VATICAN SPOKESMAN SAYS POPE IS  "YOUNG FOR HIS AGE" 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 04        VATICA  01744  01 OF 02  301041Z 
¶5.   VATICAN SPOKESMAN, JOAQUIN NAVARRO-VALLS, CLAIMED MARCH 
26 THAT POPE JOHN PAUL II REMAINS "YOUNG FOR HIS AGE" IN 
SPIRIT AND ENTHUSIASM AND THAT IN THE 22 YEARS OF HIS PAPACY 
HE HAS NEVER GIVEN UP ON A SINGLE THING HE SET OUT TO DO 
BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS. (NOTE: NAVARRO-VALLS IS OVER- 
ENTHUSIASTIC IN HIS APPRAISAL OF THE PAPAL CONSTITUTION. THE 
POPE'S SCHEDULE HAS IN FACT BEEN ALTERED ON MORE THAN ONE 
OCCASION TO ACCOMMODATE HIS ILLNESS. HE ALMOST COLLAPSED 
DURING ONE EVENT BECAUSE OF A STOMACH VIRUS AND HAD TO BE 
HELPED BACK INTO HIS APARTMENT. END NOTE). NAVARRO-VALLS 
CLAIMED THE POPE HAS THE PHYSICAL CAPACITY FOR THE WORK HE 
IS DOING. THE COMMENTS CAME AHEAD OF THE PONTIFF'S UP-COMING 
PILGRIMAGE TO SYRIA, GREECE AND MALTA. RECENT VISITORS TO 
VATICAN CITY, INCLUDING AN AMCIT KOREAN BISHOP, HAVE 
DESCRIBED THE POPE AS HAVING GOOD AND BAD DAYS. 
 
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PAPAL TRAVEL PLANS FOR BULGARIA 
------------------------------- 
 
¶6.   VATICAN-BASED NEWS AGENCIES REPORT THE VATICAN IS 
STUDYING THE POSSIBILITY OF A PAPAL TRIP TO BULGARIA IN 
¶2002. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BULGARIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE 
CONFIRMED THE REPORT. SPEAKING TO REPORTERS IN ROME, BISHOP 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ6356 
 
PAGE 01        VATICA  01744  02 OF 02  301041Z 
ACTION EUR-00 
 
INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    ACQ-00   CIAE-00  INL-00   DODE-00  DOTE-00 
      DS-00    EB-00    FAAE-00  FBIE-00  UTED-00  VC-00    TEDE-00 
      INR-00   VCE-00   DCP-01   NSAE-00  SS-00    TEST-00  SNIS-00 
      NISC-00  DSCC-00  DRL-02   SAS-00     /003W 
                  ------------------D9475E  301109Z /38 
R 301046Z MAR 01 
FM AMEMBASSY VATICAN 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0000 
INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 VATICAN 001744 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT. FOR EUR/WE (VAN CLEVE), EUR/PD/PA, DRL/IRF 
 
FROM EMBASSY VATICAN/MESSAGE NO. 51/01 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BU IT PHUM PINR SOCI BU IT VT VTPREL
SUBJECT: VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" 
 
CHRISTO PROYKOV STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF A PAPAL VISIT TO 
PREDOMINANTLY ORTHODOX BULGARIA. IF THE TRIP GOES AHEAD IT 
WOULD BE THE FIFTH TRIP FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II TO AN ORTHODOX 
COUNTRY AFTER ROMANIA AND HIS UPCOMING VISITS TO GREECE, 
UKRAINE AND ARMENIA. BISHOP PROYKOV SAID THE LEADER OF 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        VATICA  01744  02 OF 02  301041Z 
BULGARIA'S ORTHODOX CHURCH, PATRIARCH MAXIM, HAD AGREED TO 
MEET WITH THE POPE IF HE CAME, BUT ALSO THAT HE WOULD BE 
FOLLOWING CAREFULLY THE RESULTS OF THE POPE'S VISIT TO 
GREECE IN MAY. (COMMENT: WITH NEWS AGENCIES ALSO REPORTING A 
POSSIBLE PAPAL VISIT TO CYPRUS, THE POPE'S OUTREACH TO THE 
ORTHODOX CHURCH APPEARS TO BE GAINING MOMENTUM. IT IS NO 
SECRET THAT POPE JOHN PAUL WOULD CONSIDER THE HEALING OF THE 
 
SIPDIS 
TEN-CENTURY RIFT WITH ORTHODOXY AS THE PINNACLE OF HIS 
PAPACY. END COMMENT). MERANTE 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
> 
 

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