1.   And Gorowski is saying a special prayer that the pope comes to his church.

2.   But despite the anticipation, the preparations and the publicity, not everyone was aware that the pope was coming to New York.

3.   But this time the pope comes to Mexico on a mission of reconquest, seeking to shore up the Catholic church in the Americas.

4.   For the rest of her life, when she talks of when the pope came to Queens, she can say only that she saw him in the sky.

5.   He said the next pope may come from the Third World.

6.   If the pope ever comes up short he could hire out the hall for any number of sporting events, including arena football.

7.   In the end, the pope did not come.

8.   The church still has no access to the state-run media, however, so there are few visible signs that the pope is coming.

9.   The closest the pope usually comes to discussing secular politics is his embrace of religious freedom and other human rights and his insistence on policies that help the poor.

10.   The pope came to St. Louis by way of a mission of unity.