He referred to articles this week in which American officials indicated that General Noriega was moving money among several European bank accounts from within the Vatican mission.

Today the official church goes out of its way to criticize secret Vatican missions to spread the gospel, using priests with tourist visas.

As many as 20 others who fled to the Vatican mission, including General Noriega, have given themselves up.

First, he figured, get off a message of condolence to the Vatican mission.

In Washington, a crowd torn between anger and grief held a vigil in front of the Vatican mission.

Noriega sought refuge in the Vatican diplomatic mission which was then besieged by US troops.

The leader of Panama's democratic opposition has taken refuge in the Vatican diplomatic mission here, diplomats and supporters said today.

General Noriega has been holed up at the Vatican mission here since Christmas Eve.

With Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega in the Vatican mission and trying to negotiate safe departure from the country, resistance to American forces virtually collapsed today.

But violence appeared to have subsided after General Noriega's entry into the Vatican mission late Sunday afternoon.