11.   The pontiff is to beatify Stepinac on Saturday during a visit to Croatia.

12.   The pontiff was to stay in Poland until Friday, then make the one-day trip to Armenia to visit the ailing Orthodox Patriarch Garegin I.

13.   The pontiff is to arrive in Cairo on Thursday, greeted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Catholic bishops, Fides said.

14.   The pontiff was in good humor, joking occasionally with the crowd.

15.   The pontiff was in the second day of a three-day pastoral trip to northern Italy.

16.   The pontiff was to stay in Poland until Friday, then make a quick trip to Armenia to visit the ailing Orthodox Patriarch Garegin I before returning to Rome.

17.   During his visit to Sarajevo last weekend, landmines were found under a bridge hours before the pontiff was to have crossed it.

18.   The pontiff was also due to meet Hungarian President Arpad Goencz later on Friday at the monastery in the western town of Pannonhalma.

19.   The pontiff was to visit the United States through Sunday.

20.   The pontiff had been due to make a one-day visit to Sarajevo on Thursday.