My opinion of course, I think there is/was motivation by the Jon Stewart media to rake the tiny nation over the proverbial coals, this past month, because of something like this... although I thought it was to get a 'holy' campaign going over the compassionate need for Amnesty... I did not realize there was a seat for the tiny nation at table of globull warming.
The Holy See has diplomatic status around the world, with ambassadors, etc.