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PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II tries on a sombrero, the traditional Mexican hat, during his 22 January flight to Mexico City. The Pope is mak...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II takes part in a native ritual performed by indigenous women, during the beatification mass held at the Basilic...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Oaxaca state (southern Mexico) native believers perform their ritual "Dance of the Feathers" in presence of Pope John Paul II (L...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Mexican President Vicente Fox (C-R) says farewell to Pope John Paul II (L) upon his arrival to Mexico City's International Airpo...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II wipes his face with a handkerchief during the beatification ceremony held at the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexi...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS MEXICO: JEAN PAUL II ARRIVAL IN HIS "PAPA MOBIL" CAR AT ESTADIO AZTECA WHERE HE HAS A MEETING WITH 130000 PEOPLE FROM AMER...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A woman sitting in the stands of the Azteca stadium holds a crucifix and an image of the Christ during a rally described as an e...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John II waves from the popemobile as it enters the Azteca stadium 25 January where a crowd of an estimated 120,000 people g...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II kisses a young child Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera(L), primate of the Catholic Church in Mexico, looks on, a...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II waves from the popemobile to the estimated crowd of 120,000 people gathered at the Azteca stadium in Mexico Cit...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John II waves to the crowd gathered at the Azteca stadium 25 January shortly after arriving for a rally described as an enc...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II (L) embraces a young Mexican girl after giving her communion during a mass at the Hermanos Rodriguez motor raci...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II (R) blesses a child held by his mother 24 January during his visit to the Adolfo Lopez Mateos Hospital in...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II gives communion to a young faithful 24 January during a Mass at Mexico City's Hermanos Rodriguez race track. Th...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Residents of the Mexican capital walk by a bus stop displaying a portrait of Pope John Paul II 20 January in downtown Mexico Cit...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II waves from his popemobile 26 January 1979 in Mexico City at the beginning of his first Pastororal visit outside...