31.   Innovations or institutional changes that could clean house and address the child-abuse crisis at its roots are, Vatican officials say, the task of a successor.

32.   John Paul, however, shows no signs of winding down his mission after the Holy Year comes to a close, Vatican officials say.

33.   Last week in Rome, two U.S. bishops sat down with the Pope and other powerful Vatican officials and told them that it would not.

34.   Just last week, the pope and other top Vatican officials met with American cardinals who came here to discuss the scandals and how to deal with them.

35.   Law is waiting to speak to Vatican officials, and perhaps Pope John Paul II himself, as he weighs his decision, according to one adviser.

36.   Law said he met with several Vatican officials, including the pope.

37.   Levada was one of three U.S. bishops who worked with Vatican officials on those texts, and was more positive about the experience.

38.   Mahony said that he would specifically ask Vatican officials to shorten the process for removing from the priesthood those found guilty of sexual abuse.

39.   McCarrick said that based on the meetings that U.S. Cardinals held with Vatican officials in April in Rome, he believes the Vatican will approve.

40.   NBC News, for example, hired as its Rome producer the son of the Vatican official who is the gatekeeper for all photography and electronic media.