Hypocrisy

I came across this article in the Economic Times which talks about the Vatican slamming the Anti-Conversion Law to be introduced in Rajasthan.

"The disturbing signs of religious intolerance which have troubled some regions of the nation, including the reprehensible attempt to legislate clearly discriminatory restrictions on the fundamental right of religious freedom must be firmly rejected”

The Pope told India’s ambassador Amitava Tripathi.

I strongly feel the Vatican and the Pope should restrict its influence to the Roman Catholics and not interfere in the sovereignty of any nation. India being a secular state, has given constitutional rights to freely practise any religion and has also provided for the redressals in case of the violation of these rights.
I am not trying defend the proposed law. But the important question that crops up is if religion is mightier than the nation. There are many nations which are firmly rooted in the idea of the religion. How powerful can the Vatican consider itself, at least as far exercising its influence over Roman Catholics is concerned?
When faced with a common threat perception facing all the Catholics across the world, which transcends the barriers of nationality, it makes sense even at the level of minimum diplomacy protocol to follow the right channels of seeking intervention. The Vatican and the Pope, being the spiritual head of the Roman Catholics worldwide should remain concerned with the issues which can be communicated in a more diplomatically acceptable manner.
I cannot help but mention the persecution that the Church carried out in Middle Ages in the name of propagation of religion. Though the comparison may be anachronistic, but it nevertheless makes sense for the Vatican to project a more liberal and pro-modern outlook to religion, in this day and age, where religion is only used as a tool for gaining political mileage and for seeking to uplift the ignorant masses.