PHOTO: EAST NEWS PIELGRZYMKA JAN APAWLA II DO ZIEMI SWIETEJ: PAPIEZ I PREMIER IZRAELA EHUD BARAK NA LOTNISKU BEN GURION W TEL AVIVIE - POZEGNANIE. John Paul II poses for a picture with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak during his departure ceremony at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, 26 March 2000 at the end of his unprecedented week-long pilgrimage to the Holy Land. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PIELGRZYMKA JANA PAWLA II DO ZIEMI SWIETEJ - PAPIEZ I JESSER ARAFAT W OBOZIE DLA UCHODZCOW DAHEISHA. Palestinian children greet Pope John Paul II and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) at the Daheisha Refugee Camp in the West Bank 22 March 2000. During the landmark visit, the pope made a heartfelt plea to Middle East and world leaders to end the plight of homeless Palestinians in the squalid camp that houses some 8,000 people on the edge of Bethlehem. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PIELGRZYMKA JANA PAWLA II DO ZIEMI SWIETEJ - PAPIEZ I JESSER ARAFAT W OBOZIE DLA UCHODZCOW DAHEISHA. Pope John Paul II waves at the crowd as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) looks on in the Daheisha Refugee Camp in the West Bank 22 March 2000. During the landmark visit, the pope made a heartfelt plea to Middle East and world leaders to end the plight of homeless Palestinians in the squalid camp that houses some 8,000 people on the edge of Bethlehem. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PILEGRZYMKA JANA PAWLA II DO ZIEMI SWIETEJ: MSZA PRZED SWIATYNIA NARODZENIA W BETLEJEM Pope John Paul II raises a Bible during mass at Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem 22 March 2000. The pope made a powerful personal plea for a Palestinian homeland on his visit to the birthplace of Jesus Christ, his spiritual tour of the Holy Land taking on deeply political overtones. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PILEGRZYMKA JANA PAWLA II DO ZIEMI SWIETEJ: PAPIEZ I JASSER ARAFAT W BETLEJEM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) clutches the hands of Pope John Paul II in the West Bank town of Bethlehem 22 March 2000. The pope backed the right of the Palestinians to a homeland, saying their sufferings had lasted too long during the first-ever papal visit to the Palestinian territories, in the town where Jesus Christ was born 2,000 years ago. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP (FILES) -- File picture dated 21 March 2000 shows Pope John Paul II bidding farewell to King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania at Queen Alia International airport in Amman. Palestinian Christians in the Old City of Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Bethlehem held prayer vigils 01 April 2005 for Pope John Paul II after the Vatican said he had suffered a heart attack and received the last rites. AFP PHOTO/JAMAL NASRALLAH

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PREZYDENT EGIPTU HOSNI MUBARAK WITA PAPIEZA JANA PAWELA II NA LOTNISKU W KAIRZE Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak greets Pope John Paul II at Cairo International airport 24 February 2000. The Pope arrive in Egypt for a three-day visit, which will include a trip to St. Catherine's monastery at Mt.Sinai. Egypt's 300,000 Roman Catholics are the country's second largest minority after the Copts, out of a population of around 65 million.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PIELGRZYMKA DO EGIPTU - PAPIEZ JAN PAWEL II I SZEJK MOHAMMED SAYYED TANTAWAI PO PRZEMOWIENIU PRZED RZADEM AL-AZHARU W KAIRZE Pope John Paul II and Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawai, Mufti of al-Azhar, the highest Muslim Sunni authority hold hands after their speech at the al-Azhar Supreme Council in Cairo 24 February 2000. The Pope arrived in Egypt for a three day visit which will include a trip to Saint Catherine monastry at mount Sinai. Egypt's 300,000 Roman Catholics the country's second largest minority after the copts, out of a population of around 65 million. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP (FILES) -- File picture dated 24 February 2000 shows Pope John Paul II waving as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) looks on upon his arrival at Cairo International airport for a three-day visit to Egypt. Italy's political life virtually came to a standstill 01 April 2005 as its leaders prepared for the death of Pope John Paul II, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi canceling all engagements. AFP PHOTO/LEILA GORCHEV

** FILE ** Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat kisses Pope John Paul II's hand prior to their talks at the Vatican in this Feb. 15, 2000 file photo. 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, April 2, 2005 in his Vatican apartment. He was 84. (AP Photo/Vatican/Arturo Mari)

** FILE ** Pope John Paul II, right, and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama hugh each other as they meet during the closing ceremony of the Interreligious Assembly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, in this Oct. 28, 1999 file photo.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/Arturo Mari, File)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II poses with members of the Jubilee 2000 delegation including Irish rock star Bono Vox (R) and British singer Bob Geldof (2L) during a private audience at the pontiff's summer residence in Castelgandolfo, 23 September 1999. The Jubilee 2000 lobby group is urging rich countries to write off the unpayable debts of the poorest countries by the new millenium. Bono said he had given the pope his sunglasses and that the pontiff had even tried them on.

Pope John Paul II receives King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan at his residence in Castelgondolfo on 21 September 1999. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACA.

PHOTO: EASTNEWS/W. LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Warszawa, 11.06.1999. N/: papiez i Marek Edelman - przywodca powstania w gettcie warszawskim podczas modlitwy za ofiary Holocaustu przed Pomnikiem Umschlagplatz

PHOTO: EASTNEWS/W. LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Warszawa,11.06.1999. N/: papiez i Marek Edelman - przywodca powstania w gettcie warszawskim podczas modlitwy za ofiary Holocaustu przed Pomnikiem Umschlagplatz

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/ WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Warszawa, 11.06.1999 N/z: wizyta papieza w Sejmie, z prawej premier Jerzy Buzek Former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek's chances for becoming the president of the European Parliament are greater than before. According to Polish officials who are familiar with the talks, Buzek will take over the helm at the parliament

PHOTO: EASTNEWS/W. LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, 11.06.1999, Warszawa N/: Marek Edelman i papiez podczas modlitwy za ofiary Holocaustu przed Pomnikiem Umschlagplatz

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, spotkanie papieza z Prezydium Sejmu i Senatu oraz przedstawicielami Parlamentarzystow, czlonkami rzadu RP, Warszawa, 11.06.1999 N/z: Marek Borowski, Alicja Grzeskowiak, Maciej Plazynski, Jan Pawel II Pope's 7th Visit to Poland 11.06.1999 WARSAW Visiting the Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and members of Parliament and Governmernt on President's Palace "Namiestnikowski" 1st left: Marek Borowski

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, spotkanie papieza z Prezydium Sejmu i Senatu oraz przedstawicielami Parlamentarzystow, czlonkami rzadu RP, Warszawa, 11.06.1999 N/z: minister spraw zagranicznych Bronislaw Geremek podczas przywitania z papiezem Visiting the Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and members of Parliament and Governmernt on President's Palace "Namiestnikowski" With Pope: Minister of Foreign Affairs Bronislaw Geremek