For one thing politicians are among the most corrupt despicable people in the world,that is known and accepted by everyone including politicians ,they are considered a "necessary evil" because they are integral in any bureaucracy,you see it's the little jobs working symbioticly that makes the any world run.
By taking sides in one of the main reasons for the end of the world they are compromising their neutrality,I'm not catholic but I believe that their property anywhere in the world is considered neutral territory not under the laws of any government in the world specifically for this reason,people like pablo Escobar run to catholic churches and embassies when the government where they are at is after them for something that they did because if they are catholic then they get the protection of the vatican just like a foreign diplomat and the governments of the world are going to respect this only as long as they stay neutral.