21.   Sodano is leading the Vatican delegation at the funeral of Mother Teresa, the nun who devoted her life to caring for the poorest of the poor.

22.   The Associated Press obtained a copy of what organizers said was the letter to De Roo from the Vatican delegation in Canada.

23.   The Italian news agency ANSA reported that a Vatican delegation was about to go to Belgrade.

24.   The Vatican delegation has charged European countries at the conference with opposing the traditional family and motherhood.

25.   The visit by the Vatican delegation has been criticized by other religions, FIDES said.

26.   The Vatican and Yemen established diplomatic relations Monday, six months after a ground-breaking visit by a Vatican delegation to the overwhelmingly Muslim country.

27.   The Vatican delegation was led by an American nun, Mary Ann Glendon.

28.   The Vatican delegation was led by an American professor, Mary Ann Glendon.

29.   A Vatican delegation has left for Vietnam to hold talks with government and Catholic church officials, the Vatican said Monday.