That’s the headline at L’Osservatore Romano, assessing the first hundred days of the new U.S. president.

CNS has a snip:

The Vatican newspaper said President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office have not confirmed the Catholic Church’s worst fears about radical policy changes in ethical areas.

The comments came in a front-page article April 29 in L’Osservatore Romano, under the headline, “The 100 days that did not shake the world.” It said the new president has operated with more caution than predicted in most areas, including economics and international relations.

“On ethical questions, too — which from the time of the electoral campaign have been the subject of strong worries by the Catholic bishops — Obama does not seem to have confirmed the radical innovations that he had discussed,” it said.

Read the rest right here.

UPDATE: Rocco has the complete text of the editorial, and he points out that “de facto control over L’Osservatore’s editorial content is exercised — especially on sensitive topics — by the Vatican Secretariat of State.”