The whole catholic community is living in doubts and bad suspicions about its leader’s life.

10 days after his discharge from the hospital, the Pope John Paul II keeps on to limit his public appearances. These worrying signs have been confirmed by concerned reports from Vatican sources on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, things are not going as well as we would have hoped," said a Vatican monsignor.

The development of events, when John Paul has made only three brief appearances without speaking a word, caused dull rumors about his serious setback all over the Vatican.

The Pope assigned Cardinal Camillo Ruini to hold a Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum on Good Friday evening. The television and radio are the only possible way to see and (maybe!) hear the Pontiff during the ceremony, one of the most important in church calendar.

In such circumstances, it is questionable if the Pope will be able to make his only planned international trip, to a World Youth Day event in Germany in August.