1.   Benedettini said that the pope had no fever and that he did not know if the pontiff was taking any medication for the abdominal illness.

2.   The spokesman said the pope had no fever and did not know if the pontiff was taking any medication for the abdominal illness.

3.   The wind was so strong that the pontiff took his miter off as he spoke.

4.   One of his doctors, Luigi Ortena, said the pontiff had taken a few steps in his room and in the hospital corridor.

5.   The pontiff took time out to greet Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu who was sitting in the audience alongside veteran anti-apartheid cleric Beyers Naude of the Dutch Reformed Church.