The Pope's New Year Message had a less-than-veiled review of the recent past:
From yahoo
This year, John Paul directed his thoughts to continuing conflicts around the globe. But he stressed that to bring about peace, there needs to be a new respect for international law and the creation of a "new international order" based on the goals of the United Nations.
He called for "an order that is able to give adequate solutions to today's problems based on the dignity of the human being, on an integral development of society, on solidarity among nations rich and poor, on the sharing of resources and the extraordinary results of scientific and technical progress."
It'll be interesting to see how much this is pressed and emphasized by the American hierarchy of the Catholic Church.