PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez po przylocie na lotnisku Balice, powitanie przez prezydenta RP Aleksandra Kwasniewskiego

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez po przylocie na lotnisku Balice, powitanie przez prezydenta RP Aleksandra Kwasniewskiego

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 18.08.2002 N/z: msza na bloniach krakowskich, podczas ktorej zostali beatyfikowani: arcyciskup Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, ksiadz Jan Balicki, ojciec Jan Beyzym, siostra Janina Szymkowiak

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 18.08.2002 N/z: msza na bloniach krakowskich, podczas ktorej zostali beatyfikowani: arcyciskup Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, ksiadz Jan Balicki, ojciec Jan Beyzym, siostra Janina Szymkowiak

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 18.08.2002 N/z: msza na bloniach krakowskich, podczas ktorej zostali beatyfikowani: arcyciskup Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, ksiadz Jan Balicki, ojciec Jan Beyzym, siostra Janina Szymkowiak

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 18.08.2002 N/z: msza na bloniach krakowskich, podczas ktorej zostali beatyfikowani: arcyciskup Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, ksiadz Jan Balicki, ojciec Jan Beyzym, siostra Janina Szymkowiak

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 19.08.2002 N/z: papiez w drodze ma msze swieta z okazji 400-lecia konsekracji Sanktuarium Meki Panskiej i Matki Bozej Bolesnej

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI 16.08.2002. Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Papiez na lotnisku w Balicach w Krakowie.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI 16.08.2002. Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Papiez na lotnisku w Balicach w Krakowie.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II looks at the crowd as he is driven in the Popemobile in Guatemala City, 29 July 2002. Tomorrow, during a holy mass, the Pope will canonize Pedro de San Jose Betancourt, a Spanish monk who lived in Guatemala during the 17th century

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II waves from a rain covered Popemobile upon his arrival to the Papal Mass 28 July, 2002, at Downsview Lands, Toronto, Canada. Hundreds of thousands turned out on a wet and overcast Sunday morning here for a papal mass that will mark the end of this year's World Youth Day celebrations.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II waves his skull cap at the crowd at the Papal welcoming ceremony in Toronto 25 July, 2002. The Pope is in Toronto for the 17th World Youth Day.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II raises the Holy Communion during an open air mass in Plovdiv, southern Bulgaria, 26 May 2002 where he presided over a beatification ceremony. The Pope honored three Catholic priests killed by Bulgaria's former communist regime, finding bonds with Orthodox Christians in their joint suffering during the Cold War.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II listens to Azeri President Heidar Aliyev's (not pictured) speech during the welcoming ceremony 22 May 2002, in Baku airport. John-Paul II issued an appeal for peace as he arrived in the former Soviet republic at the start of a two-nation tour which could put a severe strain on his already frail health.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II blesses US actress Clarissa Burt (L) during a special audience for volunteers active in offering assistance to sick people, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, 01 December 2001. Burt is active in raising funds for volunteers associations.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Reproduction of a picture of one euro coin representing Pope John Paul II taken 05 November 2001 in Rome. The Vatican state will adopt the European currency, along with the eleven members of the euro zone, 01 January 2002.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Reproduction of a picture of a 20 eurocents' coin representing Pope John Paul II taken 05 November 2001 in Rome. The Vatican state will adopt the european currency, along with the eleven members of the euro zone, 01 January 2002.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Reproduction of a picture of a two euro's coin representing Pope John Paul II taken 05 November 2001 in Rome. The Vatican state will adopt the european currency, along with the eleven members of the euro zone, 01 January 2002.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Reproduction of a picture of a two euro's coin representing Pope John Paul II taken 05 November 2001 in Rome. The Vatican state will adopt the european currency, along with the eleven members of the euro zone, 01 January 2002

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II blesses the pilgrims at the end of the Holy mass in Astana, 23 September 2001 on the second day of his four-day' pastoral visit in Kazakhstan, followed by an apostolic voyage in Armenia, on the occasion of the 1700 years of Christianity in the country.