81.   To help maintain order and prevent accidents, authorities were banning alcohol sales in areas the pope was visiting, although John Paul himself is not a teetotaler.

82.   Trained dogs sniffed for bombs at places the pope will visit.

83.   Two weeks ago, when the pope visited Romania, Todea was brought to a church service.

84.   Vatican official Monsignor Tucci said Monday the pope will only visit Bucharest, capital of the former communist country.

85.   When the pope visited Syria in May, Assad likened Israelis to betrayers of Jesus, drawing condemnation from Israel and the United States.

86.   Yoffie issued the statement just after the pope visited the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Thursday.

87.   Apart from Canada, the pope will also visit Bulgaria in late May.

88.   Cuba is the only Latin American country that the pope has not visited.

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

90.   This is the second occasion that a pope will be visiting the country.