1.   Giordano said the Italian bishops conference had no written procedures on sexual abuse of children, which he suggested would be needed only in case of a multifaceted scandal.

2.   Msgr. Claudio Giuliodori, a spokesman for the Italian bishops, said Italy had no mandatory procedures for sexual abuse cases.

3.   Ablondo, a well-liked figure, is vice president of the Italian bishops conference and president of the Italian Biblical Society.

4.   Cardinal Ugo Poletti, former papal vicar for Rome and a longtime president of the Italian bishops conference, died of a heart attack Tuesday.

5.   He also briefly visited Haiti, where the Italian bishops sponsor charitable works, Notimex reported.

6.   He stood alongside Cardinal Camillo Ruini and an Italian bishop.

7.   In all Wednesday, the pope gave the church three new Italian bishops, two Hispanic, one Irish, one French, one from India and one Vietnamese.

8.   In all Wednesday, the pope gave the church three new Italian bishops, two Spaniards, one Irish, one French, one from India and one Vietnamese.

9.   Italian bishops gagged on his free-wheeling interpretations of the Catholic faith.

10.   Italian bishops want the law legalizing abortion changed.