41.   In birthday greetings, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Poles were happy the pope was visiting his homeland in August.

42.   In the afternoon, the pope visited an exhibit of representations of the Madonna of Loreto in art.

43.   It is far from certain the pope will visit Iraq this year, and such a trip would have to overcome political, logistical and military hurdles.

44.   It was the second time a pope has visited Sri Lanka.

45.   It took him to the Loire Valley city of Tours and to two towns in the northwest region of Brittany, where no pope had visited before.

46.   Keeler said a similar tour was held nine years ago when the pope visited Assisi during a pilgrimage.

47.   Last month, when the pope visited Romania, Todea was carried into a service in the capital.

48.   Last year, the pope visited Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories.

49.   Later in the day, the pope visited Ben Ali at the presidential palace in nearby Carthage.

50.   Ortega made no mention of a report by the Spanish newspaper El Pais that a listening device had been found in a home the pope would be visiting.