PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II blesses a child during a visit to a children's hospital 13 October, 1992 in Santo Domingo. The Pope winds up a five-day visit to the Dominican Republic 14 October.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II blesses a child during a visit to a children's hospital 13 October, 1992 in Santo Domingo. The Pope winds up a five-day visit to the Dominican Republic 14 October.

Pope John Paul II blesses the sick and infirm at a papal Mass in Banjul's Independence Stadium shortly after arriving for a one-day trip to Gambia, Feb. 23, 1992. It is the second stop on his West African tour. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP (FILES) Pope John Paul II is seen in this file picture taken 10 May 1990 in Vila Hermosa, blesses a child as he enters the new cathedral during his week-long visit to Mexico.

A leper woman (L) holds Pope John Paul II's hand during his visit to a large leper colony 28 January 1990 in Cumura. The pontiff visited Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Fasso and Chad from 25 January to 01 February. It was his 45th International Pastoral visit.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II embraces 17 September 1987 in San Francisco the four-year-old Brendan O'Rourke, an AIDS vicitm, at the Mission Dolores Basilica. The pontiff visited the USA and Canada from 10 to 21 September. It was his 36th International Pastoral visit.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/LASKI DIFFUSION WIZYTA PAPIEZA JANA PAWLA II W POLSCE - SPOTKANIE Z CHORYMI, GDANSK - WESTEPLATTE, 1987

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Fredy Ormeno, a young Chilean man, embraces 02 April 1987 smiling Pope John Paul II during an open-air mass celebrated for young people in Santiago. Ormeno complained to the pontiff about the difference in the opportunities between the rich and the poor under the government of General Pinochet.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. N/Z: spotkanie papieza z inwalidami pracy i osobami gluchoniemymi w katowickiej archikatedrze pod wezwaniem Chrystusa Krola, Katowice, 20.06.1983 The second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Pictured: Pope meets with disabled and deaf-mute people in Christ the King's Cathedral, Katowice, POLAND, 20/06/1983.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. N/Z: spotkanie papieza z inwalidami pracy i osobami gluchoniemymi w katowickiej archikatedrze pod wezwaniem Chrystusa Krola, Katowice, 20.06.1983 The second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Pictured: Pope meets with disabled and deaf-mute people in Christ the King's Cathedral, Katowice, POLAND, 20/06/1983.

Pope John Paul II comforts a young patient at Children's Hospital in San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, March 3, 1983. (AP Photo/Arturo Mari, pool)

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Pope John Paul II visits Lourdes, France, 14.08.1983

PHOTO:WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Pope John Paul II visits Lourdes, France, 14.08.1983

PHOTO: LASKI DIFFUSION / EAST NEWS Pierwsza pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. N/Z: spotkanie papieza z osobami starszymi, chorymi i niepelnosprawnymi przed bazylika archikatedralna Swietej Rodziny, Czestochowa, 06.06.1979. First apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Pictured: pope meets with ill, disabled and old people at the front of Archsee of the Holy Family, Czestochowa, 06/1979.