1.   Speakers called for the expulsion of Italian priests who work with the Indians and of Doctors Without Borders, an international medical aid group.

2.   A Muslim rebel leader said Sunday the kidnappers of an Italian priest in the southern Philippines have agreed to release him to a rebel commander.

3.   A regional governor said Monday a kidnapped Italian priest is alive, despite reports he had died in captivity due to poor health.

4.   Also among the abducted are a Malaysian Chinese, an Italian priest and a Filipino fish-pond owner.

5.   Also among those kidnapped was an Italian priest, Luciano Benedetti.

6.   An Italian priest plans to leave Guatemala after receiving death threats for condemning the killing, church officials said Thursday.

7.   An Italian priest read prayers for the dead at the ceremony, which was attended by Italian Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona and Russian Defense Ministry officials.

8.   An Italian priest was shot dead outside his home in a northeastern city Thursday, police said.

9.   An Italian missionary priest was freed in the southern Philippines early Monday after nearly six months in captivity, officials said.

10.   An Italian priest was shot and killed while doing clerical work in the Shoshanguve township north of Pretoria, police said Sunday.