21.   The pontiff is due there at the end of April.

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

23.   The pontiff was to meet members of the Lutheran community before conferring in the afternoon with President Lech Walesa at Bielsko Biala and talking to the population of Zywiec.

24.   The pontiff was welcomed on arrival by the papal nuncio in Poland, Monsignor Jozef Kowalczyk and the local bishop, Monsignor Tadeusz Rakoczy.

25.   The pontiff had been due to make a one-day visit to Sarajevo on Thursday but cancelled the trip Tuesday citing security concerns.

26.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro Valls said on Monday the pontiff was ready to receive the president if he asked for a meeting.

27.   On this Bay of Naples island, officials said a series of measures had been put in place to ensure that the pontiff is comfortable.

28.   The pontiff is due to present his fellow graduates with a booklet in which he recounts the story of his vocation.