** FILE ** The Vatican's top prelate for justice issues, Cardinal Renato Martino, answers reporters questions during a news conference in Rome, in this Nov. 11, 2003 file photo. Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi on Saturday Dec. 30, 2006 denounced Saddam Hussein's execution as "tragic" and expressed worry it might fuel revenge and new violence. In an interview published in an Italian daily earlier in the week, Martino said executing Saddam would mean punishing "a crime with another crime." (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)