JOHN PAUL II - AP

Pope John Paul II is shown during an outdoor mass in the Netherlands on May 14, 1984. (AP Photo)

** FILE ** Pope John Paul II appears for the first time after surgery at the window of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome in this July 26, 1992 file photo....

Pope John Paul II holds his pastoral staff during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Ash Wednesday, March 8, 2000. T...

Pope John Paul II waves to the faithful from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday Oct. 15, 1995. The pope...

Pope John Paul II blesses faithful from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1995. A day after illness forced...

Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd in San Salvador, El Salvador, as he arrives to offer Mass, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1996. Returning for the first time...

Pope John Paul II waves to a crowd before celebrating Mass at the Virgin of Coromoto cathedral near Gunare, Venezuela, Saturday Feb. 10, 1996. An enth...

Pope John Paul II. welcomes worshippers at the beginning of a mass in Paderborn, Saturday, June 22, 1996. The Pope is on a three-day visit to Germany....

Pope John Paul II sits during Verpers in Pannohalma Abbey Friday Sept 6 1996. Snubbed by a Russian church leader, Pope John Paul II turned to his ow...

Pope John Paul II blesses worshippers inside St Laurent Sur Sevres Basilica before Vespers Thursday Sept 19 1996. John Paul, on a four-day visit to Fr...

Pope John Paul II blesses a crowd of Catholic worshippers before celebrating Mass in the Nigerian capital of Abuja Monday, March 23, 1998. Pope John P...

Pope John Paul II waves to believers gathered at Vienna's Heldenplatz Sunday June 21 1998 to attend the final mass of his three day visit to Austria....

Pope John Paul II leans on his pastoral staff during his visit to the San Mattia parish church in the outskirts of Rome, Sunday March 14, 1999. (AP Ph...

Pope John Paul II prays during Mass at Elk, Poland, Tuesday, June 8 1999. Pope John Paul II urged more than 200,000 faithful in an impoverished rural...

A combo picture of Pope John Paul II jokes after being hugged by an unidentified girl, during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday,...

Pope John Paul II tickles the nose of an unnamed child as he arrives at the parish church of St. Cleto in Rome Sunday, Jan.28 1996. During his visit t...

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, foreground, arrives to take part in Oct. 22, 1971 working session of the World Synod of Bishops...

Pope John Paul I meets with Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, left, in this Sept. 3, 1978 photo shortly before Pope John Paul I died. Pope John Paul II, the Pol...

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, is pictured when he arrived Rome from for the funeral of Pope John Paul I. Cardinal Wojtyla has...

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla from Poland has been elected Oct. 16, 1978 as the new Pontiff by the 111 conclavists. The new Pope has chosen the name of Pope...

Pope John Paul II walks outside the home where he was born in Wadowice, Poland, June 7, 1979 shortly after he arrived here for the first time since he...

In this frame made from CTV Vatican television, Pope John Paul II holds a crucifix as he follows on video-link the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torch...

Pope John Paul II resting in Pra Sec Val Ferret at the foot of Mont Blanc, near Aosta northern Italy, during an excursion in the mountain resort Frid...

Pope John Paul II l resting in Pra Sec Val Ferret at the foot of Mont Blanc, near Aosta northern Italy, during an excursion in the mountain resort Fri...

Pope John Paul II looks at the view in Tete de Barasson, St. Oyen, near Aosta northern Italy, during an excursion in the mountain resort Thursday, Jul...

Pope John Paul II gestures while resting in Baida Peson near Aosta northern Italy, during an excursion in the mountain resort Thursday, July 15, 2004....

Pope John Paul II rests in Baida Peson near Aosta northern Italy, during an excursion in the mountain resort Thursday, July 15, 2004. Based in Les Com...

Pope John Paul II looks at the view near his tent in Tete de Barasson, St. Oyen, near Aosta northern Italy, during an excursion in the mountain resort...

Pope John Paul II prays in his private chapel at the Vatican for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Madrid, Monday March 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Os...

FILE - In in this Feb. 17, 2004 file photo, Pope John Paul II breaks into a long laugh at the Vatican. The pope has approved a miracle attributed to...

FILE - This April 10, 2003 file photo shows Pope John Paul II as a white dove is released in honor of his repeated calls for peace by Roman youths, in...

**FILE**Pope John Paul II waves his skull cap as he arrives for World Youth Day festivities at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario in this July 25, 2...

Pope John Paul II waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's square at the Vatican City, Sunday, April 22, 2001. Over fourty thousand faithful att...

Pope John paul II kisses an unidentified baby at the end of a general weekly audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 14, 20...

Pope John Paul II leads the Rosary in front of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, October 7, 2000. The s...

Pope John Paul II watches the crowd gathered at Tor Vergata, as he arrives by helicopter to attend a vigil of pray for the World Youth Day at Rom...

Pope John Paul II delivers his blessing to the youths gathered in St.Peter's square at the Vatican for the opening ceremony of the Roman Catholic Chur...

Pope John Paul II smiles at the faithful gathered outside his summer residence Castel Gandolfo, Italy, during the Angelus address, Sunday August 6, 20...

Pope John Paul II walks along a mountain trail during a journey in the Italian Alps near Les Combes in this picture released by the Vatican on Tuesday...

Pope John Paul II rests during his vacation in the Italian Alps.The Pope spent 12 days in a resort near Les Combes in the northern Val d'Aosta region...

Pope John Paul II, prays holding a cross during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Ro...

Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass of beatification for the two shepherd children, Saturday May 13, 2000, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope John Paul II is on...

Pope John Paul II prays during a meeting with Rome's university students in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 1, 2000. During the cer...

This April 1, 2000 file photo shows Pope John Paul II holding a Rosary in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Teaching children the Catholic rosary - t...

A Swiss guard, right, salutes Pope John Paul II as he leaves the Paul VI hall at the Vatican at the end of a meeting with members of the Italian Magis...

A Franciscan monk points out landmarks to Pope John Paul II as they stand at the summit of Mount Nebo, west of of Amman Monday, March 20, 2000, where...

Pope John Paul II stands on top of Mount Nebo, west of Amman, Jordan Monday, March 20, 2000, where tradition says Moses first glimpsed the Promised La...

Pope John Paul II attends a meeting with Rome's diocese priests in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, March 9, 2000. Rome's diocese priest...

Pope John Paul II kneels and prays after he opened the Holy Door in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, Saturday January 1, 2000 the day that the Catholic...

Pope John Paul II kneels and prays after he opened the Holy Door of Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, Saturday Jan. 1, 2000, as the Catholic Church cele...