1.   After returning to Havana Saturday night, the pope again called for a release of Cuban political prisoners at a visit to the San Lazaro Leprosarium in El Rincon.

2.   But the Catholic Church hierarchy is opposed to a federal role that might encourage embryonic research, and the pope called it evil.

3.   Castro foes hope the pope will call on the Cuban government to respect human rights and democratic principles.

4.   Earlier this week, as American cardinals met in Rome to discuss sexual misconduct by priests, the pope called for renewed discipline and moral rigor in the priesthood.

5.   It is likely that the pope will call for better conditions and clemency for some prisoners.

6.   Partly, the pope was calling in credits from Muslim and Jewish leaders.

7.   The Catholic popes call this the epistemological privilege of the poor, that the poor are spared the arrogance that comes with wealth and power.

8.   The pope called for forgiveness for the priests concerned, but this focus on redemption is hard to square with zero tolerance.

9.   The pope called for men and women to become aware of their spiritual responsibilities through the gospels.

10.   The pope is clearly calling for a course correction.