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PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A balloon flies in front of Pope John Paul II on St Peter's square during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, 21 May 2003. The Pontiff, whose ailing health has for several months caused serious concern, 19 May spoke of his own death while addressing pilgrims in St Peter's Square in Rome. "More and more I see the day approaching when I shall have to present myself before God to account for my life, from my youth in Wodowice (his birthplace in Poland) to Krakow and then to Rome," he said. The pontiff celebrated his 83rd birthday on Sunday by canonising four new saints, including two fellow Poles, at a ceremony and appeared in relatively good form.
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II laughs during a celebration in St Peter's Square for tens of thousands of youths from Rome and the surrounding province of Lazio, ahead of the 18th world youth day celebrations on Palm Sunday 10 April 2003 in Vatican City. Pope John Paul II appealed to nations and religions Thursday to work to salve the wounds left by the US-led war on Iraq, in his first public declaration since the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime.
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II looks on during his weekly general audience, 26 March 2003, in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican. Pope John Paul II gave pilgrims a rare glimpse of his personal "anguish" over the war in Iraq as they gathered in St Peter's Square for his weekly general audience.
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd fro the top of the altar as he prepare to celebrate a mass in Krakow's Blonie ground 18 August 2002. The pope, who will visit his parent's graves later on Sunday, looked somewhat tired during the mass but completed the three-hour service.