Pope John Paul II holds up a host as he celebrates Mass at the Bydgoszcz airport, Monday, June 7, 1999. A goal of John Paul's 13-day pilgrimage to his homeland, the longest trip to any single country of his papacy, is to fortify the church's influence in Poland a decade after communist rule ended. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha)

Pope John Paul II stands on the altar 07 June 1999 during an open air mass in the city of Bydgoszcz. The Pope also blessed a huge new Roman Catholic basilica being built in the middle of the Polish countryside in Lichen as he continued a 13-days trip to his homeland. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

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