21.   But the pope is not about to sign up with the National Organization for Women.

22.   But the pope is just as pained by what he sees as threats to the family and to life.

23.   Certainly the pope is in no condition to begin it.

24.   Church officials admit that the Vatican bends its own strict rules of protocol when the pope is Poland.

25.   Catholic theology claims that where the pope is, there is the Church.

26.   Clearly, the pope is not in sync with the Republican Revolution.

27.   Cuban-born U.S. citizens made up a lot of the visitors to Cuba while the pope was there.

28.   Despite a wave of church growth and spiritual renewal, the pope was apparently concerned with Protestant evangelical inroads in the overwhelmingly Catholic country.

29.   For many Catholics, Cardinal Law suggested, the pope is the vicar of Christ on Earth and a symbol of hope in turbulent times.

30.   For the first time on a foreign visit, the pope on Wednesday was not strong enough to walk down the stairs from his plane.