71.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the president assured the Vatican he would work for quick approval by Parliament.

72.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said there would be a statement on the closed-door discussions after they end Thursday evening.

73.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told reporters later that the pope had blessed the small crowd from the air as the helicopter hovered over the wooden chapel.

74.   Vatican spokesman Joauquin Navarro said the Rev. P. Mark Lotede, of Juba, has been detained since late December.

75.   Vatican spokesmen were not available for comment.

76.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said all the museums were fully reopened after security personnel found nothing.

77.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the secretary of state, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Velayati Tuesday at the Vatican.

78.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said that after the exams, the pope celebrated Mass with his personal secretary, Monsignor Stanislaw Dziwisz.

79.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said that Vatican City is guaranteed free water services by the Lateran Treaty, which created the independent city-state inside of Rome.

80.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the brief interruption of the Mass underscored religious coexistence.