1.   Also, the pope usually visits during warm weather, to accommodate outdoor events.

2.   Authorities were forced to reaffirm that the pope would visit Nicaragua, and President Violeta Chamorro announced that actions similar to the building takeover would not be permitted.

3.   After a synod of Asian bishops at the Vatican last spring, church officials said the pope might visit Hong Kong, New Delhi or Jerusalem to report conclusions.

4.   Concern resurfaced last week when the pope visited Croatia and was unable to perform his customary gesture of kneeling to kiss the ground on his arrival.

5.   In April, the Vatican announced the pope would visit St. Louis after a trip to Mexico City.

6.   In the America the pope is visiting, religion and art seldom touch our daily lives.

7.   In June, the pope visited Ukraine despite official criticism from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

8.   In the America the pope visited, we can go weeks or even months without religion or art touching our daily lives.

9.   Just last year the pope visited and received an enthusiastic welcome.

10.   Mrs. Barrera, an accountant from Monterey, said she had attended a papal event every time the pope visited.