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Pope John Paul I meets with Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, left, in this Sept. 3, 1978 photo shortly before Pope John Paul I died. Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died Saturday night, April 2, 2005, in his Vatican apartment. He was 84. (AP Photo, File)
Pope John Paul II walks outside the home where he was born in Wadowice, Poland, June 7, 1979 shortly after he arrived here for the first time since he had been elected as head of the Catholic world last year. Beyond the left flag there is a board reading that the house is the birthplace of the Pontiff. (AP Photo)
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, right, the newly elected Pope John Paul II, waves to the crowd in Doylestown, PA., Sept. 28, 1969, as he walks in procession with Cardinal John Krol, archbishop of Philadelphia. Cardinal Wojtyla, former archbishop of Krakow, Poland, was the first Polish prelate to visit the United States. (Ap Photo)
Karol Cardinal Wojtyla from Poland has been elected Oct. 16, 1978 as the successor of late Pope John Paul I, and is pictured Oct. 3, 1978 when he faces newsmen in Vatican City, a day before the funeral of late Pope John Paul I. The new Pope has chosen the name Pope John Paul II. (Ap Photo)
Karol Cardinal Wojtyla from Poland has been elected Oct. 16, 1978 as the successor of late Pope John Paul I, and is pictured Oct. 3, 1978 when he faces newsmen in Vatican City, a day before the funeral of late Pope John Paul I. The new Pope has chosen the name Pope John Paul II. (Ap Photo)
Picture taken Oct. 5, 1978 shows Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, when he heads for the cardinals meeting in Vatican City. The 58-year-old cardinal has been elected Oct. 16 as the new Pontiff by the name of Pope John Paul II, and will be the first non-Italian Pope in 450 years. (Ap Photo)
Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, right, is pictured together with Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, left, Oct. 16, 1978, when both head for the cardinals congregation meeting in Vatican City. Cardinal Wojtyla has been elected as successor for late Pope John Paul I by the conclavists and will head the catholic church by the name of Pope John Paul II as the first non-Italian Pope in 450 years. (Ap Photo)
1967 photo shows late Pope Paul VI placing the cardinal's hat onto Karol Wojtyla, when the Polish became cardinal. The former archbishop of Krakow, Poland, has been elected Oct. 16, 1978 as the new Pontiff by the name of Pope John Paul II as the first non-Italian Pope in 450 years. (Ap Photo)
Photo from 1974 shows late Pope Paul VI when he salutes Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, at the end of the last session of the Fourth World Synod of Bishops. Cardinal Wojtyla has been chosen Oct. 16, 1978 as successor of late Pope John Paul I by the name of Pope John Paul II. Left in photo is Msgr. Ladislao Rubin, secretary-general of the synod. (Ap Photo)
