21.   The papal envoy was named as Cardinal Cassidy.

22.   The papal envoy, on a four-day mission to Israel, was also scheduled to meet President Ezer Weizman and Religious Affairs Minister Shimon Shetreet.

23.   Papal envoy Cardinal Roger Etchegaray met Monday with Dili officials and church members, after earlier leading a mass here which proceeded smoothly.

24.   Papal envoy Cardinal Camillo Ruini was in Cuba Friday for talks with church and government officials.

25.   Papal envoy Cardinal Roger Etchegaray arrived in the predominantly Roman Catholic-populated former Portuguese colony of East Timor Sunday, the Antara news agency said.

26.   Pope John Paul II on Monday urged continued dialogue on East Timor ahead of a visit by a papal envoy to the former Portuguese colony.

27.   The pastoral letter strained relations between the Catholic church and the government until a papal envoy intervened to restore relations.