John Boehner created a bipartisan group of congressional staffers to help with logistics for papal visit (edition.cnn.com)
After a security meeting, Ms Bachelet said the Andean nation of 17 million was prepared for the first papal visit since St John Paul II came in 1987. (premierchristianity.com)
After he announced his retirement, the Vatican said he had begun thinking about leaving the office after a strenuous papal visit barnstorming across Mexico and Cuba. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)