41.  Catholic officials in Kampala said they had gone on retreat.

42.  Current talks between Orthodox and Catholic officials have focused on resolving a dispute over churches in Western Ukraine that profess loyalty to the Pope but practice an Orthodox liturgy.

43.  Despite the tensions, Catholic officials in Sarajevo said the pope is proceeding with his plans.

44.  He is the highest-ranking Catholic official to be charged with sex crimes in Canada.

45.  Jerusalem Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the highest ranking Catholic official in the Holy Land, said the Catholic church supports independence for both Israel and the Palestinians.

46.  More than two dozen priests and other Catholic officials have been convicted of molesting or raping children in Ireland in the past decade.

47.  Not all Catholic officials have opposed the games.

48.  No Catholic official was immediately available for comment.

49.  South Korean Catholic officials said they plan to support the project financially as a way of increasing exchanges with Catholic groups in the North.

50.  South Korean Catholics will support an international campaign to build a hospital in impoverished North Korea, Catholic officials in Seoul said Wednesday.