PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez i arcybiskup metropolita krakowski Franciszek Macharski podczas powitania na lotnisku Balice

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez i arcybiskup metropolita krakowski Franciszek Macharski podczas powitania na lotnisku Balice

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez i arcybiskup metropolita krakowski Franciszek Macharski podczas powitania na lotnisku Balice

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez i arcybiskup metropolita krakowski Franciszek Macharski podczas powitania na lotnisku Balice

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Osma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Krakow, 16.08.2002. N/z: papiez i arcybiskup metropolita krakowski Franciszek Macharski podczas powitania na lotnisku Balice

Pope John Paul II shows the way to President Bush during their meeting at the Vatican Tuesday, May 28 2002. Bush took before the pontiff his concerns about the state of the Roman Catholic church in the States in light of the sexual abuse scandals. Bush met the Pope after attending a NATO-Russia meeting on the outskirts of Rome earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti-POOL)

PHOTO EAST NEWS/AFP Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (L) talks with John Paul II 20 May 2002 during his audience at the Vatican on Pentacost Monday as the pontiff touches a statue.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Palestinian Authority President Yasser offers a small nativity crib made of pearls to Pope John Paul II a prior to a brief audience at the Vatican 30 October 2001. Arafat is in Italy for a short visit where he is expected to meet Italian official.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II greets Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat prior to a brief audience at the Vatican 30 October 2001. Arafat is in Italy for a short visit where he is expected to meet Italian official.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour performs "Ave Maria" in front of Pope John Paul II and Armenian Patriarch Karekin II at the monument of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan 26 September 2001. The 81-year-old Pontiff paid a moving tribute to as many as 1,5 million Armenians who were killed in the early 20th century but stopped just short of using the specific word "genocide" to describe what happened.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II salutes Armenian President Robert Kocharian (R) upon his arrival at Yerevan's airport, 25 September 2001. Pope John Paul II starts a 3-day apostolic voyage in Armenia, on the occasion of the 1700 years of Christianity in the country.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II and the Supreme Patriarch Karekin II celebrate a ceremony at the Armenian Genocide Memorial, 26 September 2001 in Yerevan, on the second day of the pontiff's 3-day apostolic voyage in Armenia, on the occasion of the 1700 years of Christianity in the country. 00434191

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II and Suprem patriarch S.S. Karekin II listen to Armenian President Robert Kocharian during a welcome ceremony at his arrival at the Yerevevan's airport, 25 september 2001. Pope John Paul II starts a 3-day apostolic voyage in Armenia, on the occasion of the 1700 years of Christianity in the country.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Armenian Patriarch Karekin II (R) offers a gift to Pope John Paul II during a meeting at the Apostolic Palace in Etchmiadzin 25 September 2001. The 81-year-old Pontiff arrived in Armenia for a three-day visit.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Pope John Paul II holds his cap as Armenian Patriarch Karekin II looks at him before a meeting at the Apostolic Palace in Etchmiadzin 25 September 2001. The 81-year-old Pontiff arrived in Armenia for a three-day visit.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Armenian Patriarch Karekin II (L) talks with to Pope John Paul II during a meeting at the Apostolic Palace in Etchmiadzin 25 September 2001. The 81-year-old Pontiff arrived in Armenia for a three-day visit.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO A girl offers flowers to Pope John Paul II during a meeting with representatives of science, culture and arts of Kazakhstan, 24 September 2001 in Astana, on the third day of his four-day pastoral visit in Kazakhstan. Pope John Paul II will leave tomorrow for an apostolic voyage in Armenia, on the occasion of the 1700 years of Christianity in the country.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II salutes a musician of a folkloric orchestra during a meeting with youth at Astana's Eurasian University 23 september 2001 on the second day of his four-day pastoral visit to Kazakhstan, to be followed by an apostolic voyage in Armenia to mark the anniversary of 700 years of Christianity in the country.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP 20010923 - ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN : Pope John Paul II (R) talks with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev at the Presidential palace in Astana September 23, 2001. During the talks the President told the Pope that Kazakhstan, whose southern border is just 300 km (200 miles) from Afghanistan, was ready to join a coalition of states to fight terrorism.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO US President George W. Bush (2nd-L) and First Lady Laura Bush (L ) exchange gifts with Pope John Paul II (R) 23 July 2001 at his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, just outside Rome. Behind is an unidentified papal aide.