21.   The main stumbling blocks include the Eastern rites churches, which carry on Orthodox traditions but hold allegiance to the pope.

22.   The main stumbling blocks include the Eastern rites churches, which carry on Orthodox trappings and traditions but hold allegiance to the pope.

23.   The Orthodox, meanwhile, are quarreling with Eastern rite leaders loyal to the Vatican over pre-Soviet era property.

24.   The pope was scheduled to offer a Mass in the Eastern rite early Monday.

25.   The Vatican dropped a top cardinal, Ignace Moussa Daoud, from the papal entourage because he is an Eastern rite Catholic.

26.   The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, as it is now called, preserves Eastern rites and customs.

27.   The pope also managed to sidestep another touchy issue -- longstanding Orthodox opposition to eastern rite Catholics who maintain allegiance to the Vatican.