31.   Cuba is the only Latin American nation that the pope has never visited.

32.   Cuba is the only Latin American nation the much-traveled pope has never visited.

33.   Cuba is the only nation in Latin America the much-traveled pope has never visited.

34.   Despite the improvement in relations, however, di Montezemolo said there are no plans for the pope to visit Israel.

35.   Earlier in the day, the pope visited a parish in an affluent neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome.

36.   Earlier in the morning, the pope visited a Catholic parish in an upper-middle class Rome neighborhood.

37.   Earlier, there were news reports that the pope could visit Hong Kong this year to fulfill a long-held desire to commune with Catholics on Chinese soil.

38.   For public safety reasons, authorities were banning alcohol sales in areas the pope was visiting, although John Paul himself is not a teetotaler.

39.   Government spokesman Krzysztof Luft said alcohol sales in each province would be banned on the days when the pope visited that particular region.