1.   Philippine marines have been flown to a southern province to help rescue several kidnapping victims, including an Italian missionary, an official said Sunday.

2.   John Paul was supposed to preside over the entire beatification ceremony and Mass for two Italian missionaries.

3.   Lacson suggested that the kidnapped Italian missionary, the Rev. Luciano Benedetti, may be freed soon.

4.   Only a handful of mainly Italian missionaries and volunteers remain, it said.

5.   Several foreigners, including an Italian missionary, have been kidnapped in southern Mindanao Island this month by suspected bandits or Muslim separatist rebels.

6.   State television in Rome reported that an Italian missionary had been kidnapped by rebel forces in northeastern Freetown.

7.   The rebels have admitted kidnapping an Italian missionary, the Rev. Mario Guerra, saying he was being held for his own safety behind rebel lines.

8.   The Rev. Franco Manganello, an Italian missionary who witnessed the attack, told MISNA that the rebels were shooting at random, terrorizing local people trying to escape.

9.   They fired at but missed another Italian missionary who tried to help his colleague.

10.   Unidentified gunmen abducted an Italian missionary from a remote town in the war-torn southern Philippines Wednesday, police and military said.