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The sentence in question: そして「これが戦争の結果だ」というローマ法王のメッセージが書いてあります。

My attempt at translation: "Furthermore, the roman popes message is written
'these are fruits of war'."

I've seen this many times in the meantime, but I still can't really explain
why 書いてあります is written here. I think the subject of this predicative is not
defined, and this is okay, I just wonder why no passive voice is used because
this would at least follow the grammar I know xD
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Why is it 書いてあります instead of 書かれた?
It's because 書いてある is more common and orthodox than 書かれている (passive for
inanimate objects), which was originally not considered grammatical and
relatively recently came to be accepted. In terms of modern grammar, either
will be fine.
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