1.   As is usually the case on papal trips inside Italy, he did not kneel to kiss the ground.

2.   Barranco said the church seeks out sponsors to help share the costs of the papal trips.

3.   But so far, the papal trip has mainly stirred up still other divisions within the Orthodox church in Ukraine, which is splintered between rival and feuding leaders.

4.   But, as Iraqi officials point out, logistics and protocol would almost certainly dictate that a papal trip could not begin and end in the Iraqi desert.

5.   During a papal trip to Denver, for instance, she had noticed that the pope was wearing sneakers.

6.   Fact is, papal trips have had their greatest impact on countries where the situation is truly desperate.

7.   In the past, papal trips to Northern Ireland and Sarajevo, Bosnia, have been canceled over security concerns.

8.   Only a few previous papal trips have had political reverberations, and those have taken place in circumstances very different from those in Cuba today.

9.   Sessions with local religious leaders are standard procedure on all papal trips.

10.   So much enthusiasm is associated with a papal trip that too much protest is counterproductive, said Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice.