1.   The unusual papal message is a signal that the Vatican is girding itself for the U.N. conference on women, to be held in Beijing in September.

2.   East Timorese separatist spokesman and Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta welcomed the content of the papal message.

3.   In a world controlled by rich nations, Africa has practically become an unimportant appendage, forgotten and abandoned by everyone, the papal message complains.

4.   In a world controlled by rich nations, Africa had practically become an unimportant appendage, forgotten and abandoned by everyone, the papal message complained.

5.   In a world controlled by rich nations, Africa had practically become an unimportant appendage, forgotten and abandoned by everyone, the papal message complains.

6.   It repeated the call before the papal message was aired Saturday.

7.   Net surfers logging onto the site were greeted with a personal papal message, typed in previously, welcoming them to the worldwide ethereal network.