PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Zamosc, 12.06.1999 N/z: papiez po przylocie na lotnisku, na czole widoczny plaster na skaleczeniu po upadku. 7TH POPE'S VISIT AT POLAND. IN ZAMOSC Pope's 7th Visit to Poland 12.06.1999 ZAMOSC Pope with plaster on His forehead, after falling out of the stairs in his Residence ( Apostolic Nunciature) in Warsaw

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Palac Prezydencki, Warszawa, 11.06.1999 N/z: spotkanie papieza z para prezydencka, Jan Pawel II, prezydent RP Aleksander Kwasniewski, Jolanta Kwasniewska Pope's 7th Visit to Poland 11.06.1999 WARSAW Meeting of the Holy Father with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski in his residence - Namiestnikowski Palace

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, powitanie na lotnisku, Siedle, 10.06.1999 SIEDLCE 1999 R. Pope's 7Th Visit to Poland 10 . 06 . 1999 Siedlce Faithful of the Greek Orthodox denomination also participated in the Mass 30th anniversary of pontificate of Pope John Paul II. Karol Wojtyla was elected and intronisated on 16 October 1978.

Pope John Paul II walks in front of 700,000 pilgrims from all around Poland at the beginning of the Holy Mass celebrated by the Pontiff in Sopot, near Gdansk 5 June1999. The Pope began today his eighth and longest visit to Poland.

Pope John Paul II waves from his popemobile 23 January 1999 in MLexico City on his way to the Basilica de Guadelupe. The pontiff visited Mexico City and St. Louis (USA) from 22 to 28 January. It was his 85nd International Pastoral visit.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II prepares to celebrate mass 23 March for some 50,000 faithful in Kubwa, near the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The pontiff launched another forceful defence of human rights, on the final day of a three-day pastoral visit. He also lectured Roman Catholics in Africa's most populous nation, facing severe challenges on both the democratic and the AIDS fronts, on the importance of family values and the "inviolability" of life.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II prepares to celebrate mass 23 March for some 50,000 faithful in Kubwa, near the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The pontiff launched another forceful defence of human rights, on the final day of a three-day pastoral visit. He also lectured Roman Catholics in Africa's most populous nation, facing severe challenges on both the democratic and the AIDS fronts, on the importance of family values and the "inviolability" of life.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II and Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) are seen at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana 22 January. The Pope is on the second day of a five-day visit to Cuba.

Pope John Paul II, blesses worshipers during a giant mass closing ceremonies marking World Youth Day at the Longchamp racetrack near Paris Sunday August 24, 1997. Behind the Pope is Paris archbishop Jean Marie Lustiger.(AP Photo/Arturo Mari/POOL)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A Bosnian boy and girl give Pope John Paul II a piece of Bosnian soil for the traditional kiss upon the pontiff's arrival at Sarajevo airport 12 April for his historical two-day visit to the Bosnian capital.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI VI pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Zakopane 07.06.1997. Msza i konsekracja kosciola Niepokalanego Serca Maryi na Krzeptowkach. N/z: papiez blogosławi wiernych zgromadzonych w kosciele

Pope John Paul II greets unidentified members of the IFOR contingent in Bosnia during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, August 21, 1996. The Pope, who was taken to a hospital for a CT scan a week ago, made his longest public appearance since canceling engagements after suffering what Vatican officials said was abdominal problems. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II speaks to an unidentified Peruvian girl dressed in traditional clothes late 24 December at St Peter's basilica during the midnight mass celebrated before some 6,000 pilgrims, hundreds of prelates and 130 diplomatic delegations accreditated to the Holy See. The Pope 25 December denounced international indifference to the crisis in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa in his traditional "urbi et orbi" message watched by millions of people around the world.

Pope John Paul II emerges from the helicopter that brought him from the Vatican to Lorenzago di Cadore, a small village on the Italian Eastern Alps, Wednesday July 10, 1996. The Pope will spend a 13-day vacation here. (AP Photo/Stefano Cavicchi)

Pope John Paul walks past the guard of honor upon his arrival at Ljubljana airport, Slovenia Friday, May 17, 1996. The trip is John Paul s first to the tiny nation whose break with the old Yugoslavia triggered war in 1991. The Vatican was the first state in the world to recognize Slovenia s independence. He is on a three-day visit to Slovenia.(AP Photo/ Massiomo Sambucetti)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II (C) is welcomed by Muslim clerics at the airport in Tunis 14 April accompanied by Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (R). The pope, making a brief visit to Tunis, called for cooperation between the countries to the north and south of the Mediterranean and between Christians and Moslems. AFP PHOTO

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II kisses local children as they greet him at the llopango Airport in San Salvador, 08 February 1996, as he arrives for a one-day visit to the Salvadoran capital. The Pope is on the third leg of a four country Latin American tour.

Pope John Paul II prays 07 February 1996 in Managua's Cathedral before ending his visit to Nicaragua and returning to Guatemala during his visit to Latin America. AFP PHOTO RODRIGO ARANGUA

Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd during the arrival ceremony at Newark International Airport in Newark Wednesday Oct. 4, 1995. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

An American flag provides the backdrop for Pope John Paul II and President Bill Clinton during the arrival ceremony at Newark International Airport in Newark Wednesday Oct. 4, 1995. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)