Pope to address crew on space station Saturday

The Space Shuttle Endeavour has lifted off and is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said today that the pope’s audiovisual satellite linkup with the space station is scheduled for 13:56 (1:56 p.m.) Rome time Saturday. The conversation originally was scheduled for May 4, but the Endeavour’s liftoff was delayed.