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Pope John Paul II waves to faithful during a special general audience at the Vatican, Saturday, December 9, 1995. The Pontiff said democracy is "empti...

Pope John Paul II sits on his throne during the canonization of Eugene De Mazenod, a French bishop born in Aix-en-Provence in 1782, in St. Peter's Sun...

Pope John Paul II enjoys the view of Palermo from the Utveggio Castle atop the Mount Pellegrino Thursday Nov. 23, 1995. The Pope was in Palermo to att...

Pope John Paul II reacts to cheering faithful and pilgrims at the end of weekly general audience inside Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, Nov.8 1...

Pope John Paul II mourns the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin during his regular Sunday address from his window overlooking St. Peter's S...

Pope John Paul II prays while visiting the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Pope John Paul II reflects while visiting the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Pope John Paul II recites the rosary at St. Patrick's Cathedral Saturday, Oct. 7, 1995. John Cardinal O'Connor is seen kneeling at background right. (...

Pope John Paul II waves to the cheers of Catholic followers as he arrives at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. Friday evening Oct. 6, 1995. The p...

Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd at Giants Stadium holding a crucifix during a Mass in East Rutherford, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995. (AP Photo/PO...

Pope John Paul II is seen after his arrival to the United Nations Thursday Oct. 5, 1995. The pope visited the United Nations Thursday for the first ti...

** FILE ** Pope John Paul II addresses the 50th session of the United Nations in this Oct. 5, 1995 file photo. Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff w...

Pope John Paul II waves to crowds from the altar as he prepares to celebrate Mass at Gosforth Park near Johannesburg Sept. 17 1995. The Roman Catholic...

Pope John Paul II and South African President Nelson Mandela are silhouetted as they stand for national anthems after the pontiff's arrival to Johanne...

Pope John Paul II makes a blessing from the altar during the celebration of an open-air mass in the huge concave of Montorso, near Loreto, attended by...

Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Wednesday July 12, 1995. The Pontiff offered his sympathy for...

Pope John Paul II greets spectators during a mass in Kosice, eastern Slovakia Sunday, July 2, 1995. More than one hundred thousand people came to an a...

Pope John Paul II's cape blows in the wind, as he waves to the crowd at the beginning of a mass in Nitra, Slovakian city 80 kilometers (50 miles) east...

Pope John Paul II signs an encyclical on ecumenism "Ut Unum Sint" ("May They All Be One") at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 30, 1995. The encyclical is Joh...

Pope John Paul II's cape blows in the wind, as he waves to the crowd at the beginning of a Mass at the Kaplicowka Hill (Chapel Hill) in the Polish cit...

FILE - June 1980 file photo of Pope John Paul II who celebrates his 75yh birthday Thursday, May 18, 1995. The pope passed his birthday giving speeches...

Pope John Paul II greets faithful from the papal chair situated on the threshold of St. Peter's Basilica Wednesday, April 26, 1995 to celebrate the we...

Pope John Paul II signs the encyclical ''Evangelium Vitae'' at the Vatican, March 30, 1995. (AP Photo/Arturo Mari)

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Pope John Paul II observes the welcoming ceremony at Newark International Airport in Newark Wednesday Oct. 4, 1995. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Pope John Paul II walks in the mountains of Italy's Aosta valley Monday August 22, 1994 where he is spending his 10-day private vacation. During a pub...

Pope John Paul II smiles from his papal throne, in this May 16, 1990 photo, during his weekly general audience, two days prior to his 70th birthday on...

Pope John Paul II wears jogging shoes during his two-hour walk in the Las Lagos area, 12 kilometers from Covadonga, Northern Spain, Monday, Aug. 21, 1...

Pope John Paul II greets some 10,000 believers as he opens the holy open air mass at Maseru, capital of the African state of Lesotho, September 15, 19...

Into his 8th day of a 12-day tour of South Africa, Pope John Paul II rest his eyes while wating to address Priests, students and laymen inside the mai...

His Holiness Pope John Paul II emerges froma teepee in Fort Simpson, North West Territories, Canada, after changin into a fringed robe to conduct Mass...

Pope John Paul II walks in a bed of flowers Thursday, September 17, 1987 during mass at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, the second of his three stops...

Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd of over 100,000 people gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Calif., Tuesday night, Sept. 15, 1987. The...

Mother Teresa ascends the podium to stand side by side with Pope John Paul II as they greet the faithful in this Feb. 3, 1986, photo in Calcutta. The...

Pope John Paul II, leader of the Roman Catholic Church pictured during Mass at Wembley Stadium, London on May 29, 1982 during his six day tour of the...

Pope John Paul II, leader of the Roman Catholic Church pictured during Mass at Wembley Stadium, London on May 29, 1982 during his six day tour of the...

Pope John Paul II addresses faithful and pilgrims in this June 1980 photo. The Pontiff, suffering from flu, was taken Tuesday night, Feb.1, 2005, to...

A thoughtful Pope John Paul II sits beneath a huge painting of the Madonna as he listens to the ceremony at the Skalka Church in Krakow, June 8, 1979....

Pope John Paul II kisses a silver box containing the remains of Polish Saint Stanislaw, presented to him by the Deacon of the Polish Episcopate Stanis...

Pope John Paul II, the Roman Catholic pontiff, is shown speaking in a 1979 photo. (AP Photo/ho)

Pope John Paul II, the third Pontiff of 1978, sits on the papal throne in Vatican City in this November 1978 photo. Formerly Cardinal Wojtyla of Krak...

Pope John Paul II tries to raise Polish primate Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski as he tried to kneel in front of the Pontiff, in the Vatican City, Oct. 22,...

The newly-elected Pope John Paul II, acknowledges cheers from pilgrims crowding Saint Peter's Square from an overlooking balcony during his first appe...

Picture taken Oct. 5, 1978 shows Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, when he heads for the cardinals meeting in Vatican City. (AP Photo)