Pope to attend Easter services as condition improves

POPE John Paul II is likely to be released from hospital in time for Holy Week services later this month, the Vatican said yesterday.

The Pope has suffered no complications since surgery last month to insert a tube in his windpipe and ease his second breathing crisis in a month, said papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

But he said doctors have cautioned John Paul not to use his voice too much.