31.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the pope asked Tauran to deliver a personal message to Milosevic, but there were no indications what the letter would say.

32.   But the pope asked Groer to visit him in Rome as soon as he returned there, despite the fact he does not usually grant audiences on a Tuesday.

33.   The pope asked Catholics to remember those in suffering throughout the world, particularly Afghanistan.

34.   The pope also asked Europe to examine its own conscience regarding the Bosnian war.