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The meeting comes at a time when the deep polarization in America can also be found in the Catholic church.

This coming week, the Senate takes up President Bush's first budget. The Senate has to approve the broad outlines of the budget before moving on to the tax cuts the President is seeking. But consensus could be hard to find. NPR's David Welna reports.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Duke's 95-to-84 victory over Maryland, which puts the team against Arizona in Monday night's NCAA basketball championship game; White House spokesman Ari Fleischer and David Sandalow of the World Resources Institute; Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert and Hamas spokesman Ibrahim Ghosheh; remarks by President Bush at the Radio-Television Correspondents Association 57th Annual Dinner; and British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook commenting on former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Activists in Cuba are planning a nationwide protest set for Nov. 15. It will mark the second time this year that Cubans are standing up against the Communist government.

The foot and mouth disease that has ravaged European livestock hasn't yet entered this country, but Tanya Ott reports that tourist attractions are taking precautions. Tanya Ott reports from Orlando that Busch Gardens became the first U-S zoological park to take steps to prevent the introduction of the disease in the States.

Scott talks with Bill Adams, the director of St. Augustine Florida's Department of Historic Preservation. King Juan Carlos and Queen Isabella of Spain will be paying a visit to St. Augustine on April 1st. St. Augustine is oldest city in the U.S. and the only one to consider Spain its mother country.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Tom Tucker of Alexandria, Virginia, about the tradition of Shape-Note singing. Tucker is chairman of "The 2001 Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention" taking place this weekend in Virginia. For more information, contact the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (www.fsgw.org or call 1-202-546-2228). Shape-Note singing in the United States dates back to the 1700s, first taking hold in New England and migrating to the South. It is a style of singing designed for people who are not musically trained.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on a program in Chicago that's using public libraries to unite divided communities and bring economic growth to forgotten neighborhoods. Several other cities are now following suit, strategically planting new libraries to help revitalize struggling areas.

For years, Ballman has shaped some of your favorite stories or shepherded others to the air.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade, where former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic is maintaining his innocence after surrendering to troops over the weekend. Milosevic is being held on corruption charges that include stealing from the treasury, but not for the human rights violations he was indicted for by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara previews Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's visit to the United States. Mubarak is the first Arab leader to visit the new administration. He'll meet today at the State Department with Secretary Powell and at the White House with President Bush. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.N. sanctions against Iraq are expected to dominate the discussions.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports from Washington, D.C., about this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize recipients, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The two have been friends since childhood.