Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Bakutoday.net - Independent Online Newspaper: "Pope John Paul II travels to Slovakia on Thursday in what Vatican observers say will be a physical test for the 83-year-old leader of the world's Roman Catholics.
10/09/2003 18:32
VOA

In the small Eastern European nation, the Pope is likely to focus his words on Europe and its future. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to turn out for the Pope's open-air masses in Slovakia. Fearing it could be his last visit to central Europe due to his worsening health, many will be crossing the border from neighboring Poland.
The Pope's physical condition seems to have deteriorated over the past month, mainly due to an extremely hot summer in Rome. "

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