1.   As reporters left the frescoed library, the pope asked Albright if she still has family in Prague.

2.   Because the pope asked him to, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan spared the life of triple murderer Darrell Mease, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection.

3.   Castro did what the pope asked, to a point.

4.   Castro gave Chretien the brushoff, as he did John Paul II when the pope asked for their release earlier this year.

5.   Earlier, at a Greek Catholic mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, the pope also asked his Romanian followers to forgive old grievances.

6.   Kluger says the pope asked him.

7.   Last Sunday, the pope asked the world to forgive countless Christians of sins committed in the name of the Roman Catholic Church.

8.   On Monday night, the pope asked the young to make a Christian effort to improve society.

9.   The pope asked clemency for felons who robbed, raped and killed, yet gave none to gays for holding a parade?

10.   The pope had asked a year ago for Christmas to be restored in Cuba.