Galeazzo Ciano
Holy See policy focused on preventing Mussolini from bringing Italy into the war. Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano complained in April 1940 to Vatican Secretary of State Maglione that too many priests were preaching "sermons about peace and peace demonstrations, perhaps inspired by the Vatican", and the Italian ambassador to the Holy See complained that "L'Osservatore Romano" was too favourable to the democracies.