He is a world leader. He is the leader of an independant city state, the Vatican. That is in addition to being the Pope. To state otherwise shows either contempt or ignorance.
IIRC, the Vatican is not a UN member and, therefore, is not subject to any UN oversight. If the Pope wanted, he could turn the entire Society of Jesus loose on the UN and wreak havok on them. >If the pope was a world leader, he'd be in front of the UN explaining >himself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238469 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
