JOHN PAUL II - AP

Pope John Paul II looks at the frescoes during a ceremony celebrating the resoration of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Saturday December 11, 1999....

Pope John Paul II stands next to an Orthodox icon in the residence of the Patriarch of Georgia Ilya II, before their meeting in Tbilisi, Monday Nov. 8...

Pope John Paul II waves to supporters Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Tens of thousands gathered to see the pope celeb...

The wind blows away the cap of Pope John Paul II at a Mass in Maribor, Slovenia, Sunday, Sept. 19, 1999. The pope, journeying to the Balkans Sunday to...

Pope John Paul II glances over at the photographer during the weekly general audience at the Vatican Wednesday, July 7, 1999. The Pope leaves today...

Pope John Paul II sits at the altar in the town of Stary Sacz, Poland, Wednesday, June 16, 1999, during a Mass he celebrated with some 700, 000. The p...

Waving goodbye to the waiting crowd, Pope John Paul II, at the town of Wadowice, Poland, where the Pope was born and grew up, Wednesday, June 16, 199...

Pope John Paul II rides on a boat during a trip along the Augustowsky canal, near Wigry in north-east Poland Wednesday June 9 1999 . The 79-year-old P...

Pope John Paul II celebrates a Mass for hundreds of thousands in Siedlce in eastern Poland, Thursday, June 10 1999 on the sixth day of his 13-day vis...

Pope John Paul II holds up a host as he celebrates Mass at the Bydgoszcz airport, Monday, June 7, 1999. A goal of John Paul's 13-day pilgrimage to his...

Pope John Paul II prays during a Mass in Pelplin, Poland, Sunday, June 6, 1999. Pope John Paul II prayed with Russian Catholics and praised Polish mar...

Pope John Paul II waves the crowd before celebrates a Mass in Pelplin, Poland, Sunday, June 6 1999. John Paul II is on a apostolig visit in his homel...

Pope John Paul Il prays in Bucharest's Catholic cemetery Saturday, May 8, 1999. The pope, arriving in the Romanian capital on Friday, said he hoped h...

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

Pope John Paul II prays in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Cathedral Basilica prior to the evening prayer service Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999, in St. L...

Pope John Paul II reads during an evening prayer service at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999. The service concludes the p...

Pope John Paul II enters the sanctuary of Cathedral Basilica for the Evening Prayer service Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999, in St. Louis. The pontiff was sc...

Pope John Paul II looks out into the crowd during "The Light of the World" youth rally at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999. The po...

Pope John Paul II kneels in prayer during Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 1998. The Pontiff celebrated the 20th...

Pope John Paul II attends the ceremony of the celebration of the Immaculate Conception in central Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 8,1998. Tho...

Pope John Paul II prays on the occasion of his parish visit at Santa Maria del Rosario Church on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, November 8, 1998. (AP...

Pope John Paul II signs the 13th encyclical ''Fides et Ratio'' (Faith and Reason) at the Vatican Thursday, Oct. 15 1998. The encyclical, timed for th...

Pope John Paul II jokes with pilgrims from the balcony of his summer residence window in Castel Gandolfo as they attend the Angelus, Sunday, July 26,...

Pope John Paul II waves to the believers at the end of his final mass of his three-day Austrian tour, Sunday, June 21 1998 at Vienna's Heldenplatz. Up...

Pope John Paul II delivers his traditional ''Urbi et Orbi'' "To the city and the world" Christmas day blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's...

Pope John Paul II attend the Festival of Witnesses at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 4, 1997. The Pontiff condemned abortion as th...

Pope John Paul II waves to faithfuls as he arrives to Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 4, 1997, to attend the Festival of Witnesses....

Pope John Paul II attends the celebration of first beatification mass ever held in Paris at Notre Dame cathedral Friday Aug.22,1997. The 77-year-old...

Accompanied by hundreds of bishops adorned in rainbow stripes, Pope John Paul II, center, celebrates Mass in famed Notre Dame cathedral for the first...

Pope John Paul II hugs 10-year-old Quentin Bourgninau of France who just released a white dove over the crowd of 400,000 worshipers gathered for World...

Pope John Paul II waves at the start of his weekly general audience at the Vatican Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1997. The Pope, who leaves for Paris Thursday f...

Pope John Paul II gestures during the Angelus at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome, Sunday July 27, 1997. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

Pope John Paul II adresses faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, July 9, 1997. The Pope is leav...

Pope John Paul II waves to faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, July 2, 1997. The open-air aud...

Pope John Paul II points with his walking stick to the sky during a trip to the mountains near Zakopane, southern Poland, Friday, June 6, 1997. The P...

Pope John Paul II greets children who received the Holy Communion in the Holy Family Church in Zakopane, southern Poland, Saturday June 7, 1997. Th...

Pope John Paul II gives the blessing to believers on a ski jumping range in Zakopane, southern Poland, Friday, June 6, 1997. The Pope is on an eleven-...

Pope John Paul II gives a blessing to believers on a ski jumping range in Zakopane, southern Poland, Friday June 6, 1997. The Pope is on an eleven-day...

Pope John Paul II poses during a trip to the mountains near Zakopane, southern Poland, Friday, June 6, 1997. The Pope is on an eleven-day tour throug...

Pope John Paul II prays during a Mass in the cathedral of Gniezno, Tuesday, June 3, 1997. The Pope is on an eleven-day tour through his home country....

Pope John Paul II stands under Poland's coat of arms, an eagle, as he waves to faithful upon his arrival in Wroclaw, western Poland, Saturday, May 31,...

Pope John Paul II prays during the outdoor Mass at the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran in Rome Thursday May 29, 1997, on occasion of the celebration...

Pope John Paul II blesses worshippers at the start of a mass celebration in Beirut Sunday May 11 1997. Over 300,000 gathered to hear the Holy Father....

Pope John Paul II blesses an applauding crowd outside of the Czech Papal Nunciate Friday April 25, 1997 from his "Popemobile" during the first of a th...

Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful during his weekly general audience at the Vatican Wenesday April 9 1997. In background, St. Peter's Basilica. T...

Pope John Paul II holds crucifix and a sprig of olive as he waves to pilgrims and faithful while touring St. Peter's square after he celebrated Palm S...

FILE--Pope John Paul II prays intensely during the feast of the Immaculate Conception at the Spanish Steps in Rome, December 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Giulio...

Pope John Paul II attends a meeting with the young after celebrating a mass in the Roman parish church of Santa Maria della Speranza (St. Mary of the...

Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful in the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome where he celebrated a traditional thanksgiving Te Deum mass, ma...

Pope John Paul II gives his ''Urbi et Orbi'' (Latin for to the City and to the World) Christmas' Day blessing from the main balcony of the St. Peter's...