11.  For the legions of Catholic officials organizing the visit, it is all that and more.

12.  He has hosted a reception for Catholic officials, and in March, opened the Pope John Paul II Center in Washington with a speech infused with Catholic themes.

13.  In Boston, some parishes have been consolidated for financial reasons, and Catholic officials are drafting plans that could result in further consolidation.

14.  In that post he is committed to cooperate with Catholic officials.

15.  It may be too soon to know what results these diocesan efforts will yield, Catholic officials say.

16.  Many Catholic officials and theologians said Thursday that this approach was embodied in the encyclical, although some regretted that the phrase itself was not used.

17.  National Catholic officials said they could recall no other killing of a priest in this country while he was celebrating Mass.

18.  Nineteen more Catholic officials await trial.

19.  One Catholic lay official familiar with the debates on translation said they had been marked by bickering over points that reflected political agendas on both sides.

20.  Since then, others have chosen this path, bringing back an ancient tradition, although Catholic officials do not seem to know how many live as hermits today.