Pope's visit to Kazakhstan promises to be a crowd-puller 
	
	
 Text of report by Kazakhstan Today news agency web site 
	
	
 Pilgrims from many countries are to come to Kazakhstan to meet the Pope, a press centre for preparing the [Pope's] visit has reported. In particular, about 1,000 pilgrims are coming from Russia, mostly from Siberia. About 450 people are to turn up from Uzbekistan, including 340 people flying from Tashkent on a charter flight. About 220 people are arriving from Kyrgyzstan. There will also be pilgrims from Poland, Austria, the Philippines, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Latvia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Lithuania and Belarus. It was reported earlier that Pope John Paul II will pay the official visit to Kazakhstan on 22-25 September 2001.