31.  Bush has met with numerous Catholic officials in his travels, and the White House has formed a Catholic advisory panel.

32.  But two local Catholic officials said they were not surprised.

33.  Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez, the highest-ranking Catholic official in predominantly Catholic Puerto Rico, urged Rossello to fire Feliciano de Melecio for her remarks.

34.  Catholic officials around the country said the pill violates church policy.

35.  Catholic officials have said the date was chosen by public officials for traffic and security reasons.

36.  Catholic officials here and in Vatican City did not immediately return telephone calls for comment.

37.  Catholic officials condemned the attack, fearing it might signal the beginning of a campaign against pastoral workers.

38.  Catholic officials insist that their activities in Russia are legitimate and aimed at rebuilding followings devastated by state-enforced atheism in Soviet times.

39.  Catholic officials insist the move was aimed simply at providing better pastoral services, not proselytizing.

40.  Catholic officials and other religious leaders gathered at the airport to greet the pope, along with a military band and a group of Kazaks in embroidered folk costumes.