41.   A weak-looking Pope John Paul II gave his traditional Assumption Day blessing on Thursday from the balcony of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome.

42.   Early afternoon he will fly to the Crimea to meet President Leonid Kuchma in his summer residence at Yalta before leaving for Moscow in the evening.

43.   Early Tuesday the pope met with eight Indonesian bishops at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, near Rome.

44.   The pope went directly to his summer residence at Castelgandolfo.

45.   The pope, who returned from his Castel Gandolfo summer residence Saturday night after continuing physical therapy for his injured right leg, looked in good shape.

46.   The spokesman said the pope was late merely because he had set off from his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, outside Rome, and not from the Vatican.

47.   Then, in spring, the great-grandchildren of those butterflies that migrated the previous fall, begin the trek back to their summer residences.

48.   No decision has yet been made on whether the pope will recuperate at the Vatican or his nearby summer residence, Castel Gandolfo.

49.   On Saturday, the delgation will visit Kultaranta, the official summer residence of the Finnish president located in Naantali, near Turku.

50.   On Sunday he returned to the theme of damage to the family, in a message from his summer residence at Castelgondolfo near Rome.