41.   Early Tuesday the pope met with eight Indonesian bishops at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, near Rome.

42.   The pope met dozens of Bosnian children in Vatican City on Wednesday but made no mention of his scheduled visit here.

43.   The pope met for the first time in Rome with President Fidel Castro in November.

44.   Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro confirmed Tuesday that the pope would meet with Arafat late Thursday morning.

45.   Shortly before departing, the pope met with Vice President Al Gore at the international airport here.

46.   Shortly before the mass, the pope met with Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus.

47.   The pope has already met Bartholomeoi in Rome.

48.   The pope met Friday with a delegation of Cuban Roman Catholic church leaders.