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Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd during the post-canonization of founder of Opus Dei Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer in St. Peter's Square at the Vat...

Pope John Paul II looks on as Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist claps dur ing the founder of Opus Dei Spaniard Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer pos...

Pope John Paul II approaches the altar, during a post-canonization general a udience, in St. Peter's square at the Vatican , Monday, Oct. 7, 2002....

Pope John Paul II during the dedicated ceremony in the church of Lagiewniki in Krakow August 17, 2002. The Pope looks tired, his head slumping, as inc...

Pope John Paul II (L) shakes hands with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski during the welcome ceremony for his arrival at the international airpo...

Pope John Paul II concentrates during the welcoming ceremony for his arrival at the international airport of Krakow Balice 16 August 2002. The 82-year...

Pope John Paul II kisses the head of Krakow's archibishop Cardinal Franciszek Macharski during the welcome ceremony for his arrival at the internation...

Pope John Paul II in the World Youth Day vigil ceremony at Downsview Park in Toronto Saturday July 27, 2002

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Norm Betts / Rex Features ( 386574a ) POPE JOHN PAUL II IS GIVEN FLOWERS BY A YOUNG GIRL POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITING TORON...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Norm Betts / Rex Features ( 386574d ) POPE JOHN PAUL II POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITING TORONTO, CANADA - 23 JUL 2002

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Norm Betts / Rex Features ( 386768d ) POPE JOHN PAUL II POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITING TORONTO FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY, CANADA -...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Norm Betts / Rex Features ( 386768m ) POPE JOHN PAUL II POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITING TORONTO FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY, CANADA -...

ITALY VATICAN 17/06/200- THE CANONIZATION OF PADRE PIO BY POPE JOHN PAUL II, THE POPE HIMSELF CONFIRM THAT HE, TOO, BELIEVES IN THEMIRACLES & POWERS O...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by MIMMO CHIANURA / Rex Features ( 379483e ) POPE JOHN PAUL II DURING THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS, WHICH HE COULD NOT WALK FOR...

** FILE ** Pope John Paul II uses a computer to send a special message to bishops via the Internet during an audience in the Clementine hall at the Va...

(NYT53) SANTAREM, Brazil -- Oct. 8, 2001 -- BRAZIL-RELIGION-2 -- During the 27 years he served as the Roman Catholic bishop in Santarem, Brazil, James...

PHOTO: GALAZKA/SIPA/EAST NEWS Papiez Jan Pawel II na urlopie w Les Combes we Wloszech, 20.07.2001. Pope John Paul II during his holiday in Les Combe...

Lebanese First Lady Andree Lahoud meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican 09 June 2001. Lebanese President Emile Lahoud spent four days in Italy and vi...

Pope John Paul II and the archbishop of Canterbury George Carey shake hands during a private audience at The Vatican, Friday June 1, 2001. During the...

Pope John Paul II blesses a bust portraiting him and donated by Italian artist Albino Sirsi at the end of general audience in St. Peter's Square at th...

Pope John Paul II shakes hands with former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger, during the open-air general audience...

Pope John Paul II raises the Holy Communion while celebrating Mass in the St. Edith Stein parish in the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, May 20, 2001. The P...

Pope John Paul II speaks with Italian giant automaker FIAT Group honorary president Giovanni Agnelli, as his wife Marella listens on, third from left,...

Pope John Paul II speaks to European Automobile Manufacturers Association executives during a private audience at the Vatican Friday May 18, 2001. The...

Pope John Paul II speaks with Italian giant automaker FIAT Group honorary president Giovanni Agnelli, third from left, during a private audience for...

Pope John Paul II receives a gift from Italian FIAT Cars Ceo and European Automobile Manufacturers Association president Paolo Cantarella, as giant au...

Pope John Paul II during his address to cardinals and bishops of the CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference) at the Vatican Thursday May 17, 2001. The pon...

Raffaella Reggi, center, captain of the Italian Fed Cup tennis team, holds a tennis racket she offered to Pope John Paul II at the end of a general au...

A gust of wind wraps Pope John Paul II's capelet around his neck as he arrives for the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, W...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by POLYDOROS ANASTASSELIS / Rex Features ( 336502b ) POPE JOHN PAUL II WITH ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS CHRISTODOULOS POPE JOHN PAU...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by POLYDOROS ANASTASSELIS / Rex Features ( 336502d ) POPE JOHN PAUL II WITH ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS CHRISTODOULOS POPE JOHN PAU...

Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during the priestly ordination of 34 deacons of the Rome diocese, Sunda...

Pope John Paul II walks into the prayer hall of the Great Omeyyad Mosque, after he took off his shoes, in Damascus on 5 May 2001. This is the first ti...

Pope John Paul II waves to faithful gathered for the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 2, 2001. The Pope a...

Pope John Paul II claps his hands during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 2, 2001. The Pope asked Cat...

Pope John Paul II waves to faithful gathered for the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 2, 2001. The Pope a...

Spain's Minister for the Presidency Juan Jose Lucas is received by Pope John paul II at the end of a mass celebrated during which he beatified four fo...

Pope John Paul II is greeted by faithful with Puerto Rico's flags while touring St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 29, 2001. The Pontiff...

Two unidentified members of Puerto Rico's delegation are received by Pope John Paul II at the end of a mass during which he beatified four founders of...

Pope John Paul II poses with members of the Pontificial Academy for Social Science at the end of an audience in the Concistory Hall at the Vatican, Fr...

Pope John Paul II enters the chapel of the Vatican's diplomatic school in downtown Rome, Thursday, April 26, 2001, prior to a lunch with the Vatican's...

Pope John Paul II kneels to pray in the chapel of the Vatican's diplomatic school in downtown Rome, Thursday, April 26, 2001, prior to a lunch with th...

Jewish tie merchant Marco Sciunnach, 72, left, hands to Pope John Paul II an envelope containing a tie as a gift for the Pontiff during his visit to t...

Pope John Paul II, center, poses with members of the Kiev choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Thursday, April 26, 2001 on the occasion of the 15...

Pope John Paul II greets hundreds of faithful gathered in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Thursday, April 26, 2001 on the occasion of the 15th annive...

Lebanon's Premier Rafik Hariri hands a gift to Pope John Paul II during a 15-minute private audience at the Vatican City, Monday, April 23, 2001. The...

Pope John Paul II, left, and Lebanon's Premier Rafik Hariri talk during a 15-minute private audience at the Vatican City, Monday, April 23, 2001. The...

Pope John Paul II, left, and Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Jose Matos de Gama exchange gift as they meet at the Vatican, Monday, April 23, 2001. D...

Pope John Paul II, left, and Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Jose Matos de Gama shake hands as they meet at the Vatican, Monday, April 23, 2001. De...

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...