1.   In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time.

2.   At the time, conference participants said, the Vatican delegation was represented -- unusually -- by a woman, an American whose name was not released.

3.   He will spend his nights in the house of the Vatican delegation here, an old mansion with Arab tile floors and a small chapel.

4.   It was the first time that a women was named to head an official Vatican delegation.

5.   On Tuesday, the head of the Vatican delegation launched the start of what is expected to be a contentious campaign to turn back the earlier agreements.

6.   The Vatican delegation to the United Nations declined to comment on the effort.

7.   There was no Vatican reaction to the statement of the nongovernmental groups, but the makeup of the Vatican delegation evidently reflected concern at its vulnerability.

8.   A high-level Vatican delegation is in Vietnam to pursue establishment of diplomatic relations and approval for a visit by Pope John Paul II.

9.   A Vatican delegation is expected to push for including abortion and sterilization in a conference document denouncing abuse against women.

10.   A Vatican delegation, possibly led by a woman, plans to demand a statement denouncing violence against women cite abortion and sterilization.