This April 1, 2000 file photo shows Pope John Paul II holding a Rosary in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Teaching children the Catholic rosary - the joyful mysteries on Monday and Thursday, the sorrowful ones on Tuesday and Friday and glorious mysteries on Wednesday and Sunday - is already a lot of events to remember (15 in all). Now Sunday schools must decide how to teach the five additional events in the newest rosary prayers: the luminous mysteries, or mysteries of light. (AP Photo/Marco Ravagli, File)

A picture combo of Pope John Paul II during an interfaith meeting at Notre Dame in Jerusalem 23 March 2000. Chief Rabbi Israel Lau and Palestinian Muslim cleric Sheikh Tatzir Tamimi issued stinging, rival claims to Jerusalem during the forum with the pontiff, which was designed to promote religious reconciliation. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

Pope John Paul II sprinkles holy water using a branch 22 March 2000 during his visit to the West Bank site of Qasr al-Yahud, on the banks of the River Jordan, where many Christians believe Christ was baptized by his cousin John. The Pope arrived to the Holy Land March 20, commencing his historic six-day visit, anchored on the theme of peace and reconciliation among Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Pope John Paul II looks at the frescoes during a ceremony celebrating the resoration of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Saturday December 11, 1999. Beginning with Michelangelo on the ceiling nearly 20 years ago and wrapping up with Botticelli on the side walls, restorers have now brightened all the masterpieces in the chapel. (AP Photo/Paolo Cocco, Pool)

Pope John Paul II holds his cross during the Holy mass held in Tbilisi 09 November 1999. Georgia is only the second country visited by Pope after Romania. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)

Pope John Paul II stands next to an Orthodox icon in the residence of the Patriarch of Georgia Ilya II, before their meeting in Tbilisi, Monday Nov. 8, 1999. Pope John Paul II began a two-day visit to Georgia as part of his drive to "build new bridges" with the Orthodox church, a chief Vatican goal for the new millennium.. (AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys/POOL)

Pope John Paul II waves to supporters Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Tens of thousands gathered to see the pope celebrate Sunday Mass. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

The wind blows away the cap of Pope John Paul II at a Mass in Maribor, Slovenia, Sunday, Sept. 19, 1999. The pope, journeying to the Balkans Sunday to honor a bishop who preached patriotism and tolerance, decried the dangers, past and present, of nationalism gone extreme and prayed that horrors such as mass revenge killings never again occur.(AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)

Pope John Paul II glances over at the photographer during the weekly general audience at the Vatican Wednesday, July 7, 1999. The Pope leaves today for Les Combes in the mountainous region Valle d'Aosta where he will be on vacation until July 20,1999. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, msza z homilia, kanonizacja bl. Kingi, Stary Sacz, 16.06.1999 POPE JOHN PAUL II PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND 1999 VISIT IN STARY SACZ

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, msza z homilia, kanonizacja bl. Kingi, Stary Sacz, 16.06.1999 POPE JOHN PAUL II PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND 1999 VISIT IN STARY SACZ

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, msza z homilia, kanonizacja bl. Kingi, Stary Sacz, 16.06.1999 POPE JOHN PAUL II PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND 1999 VISIT IN STARY SACZ

Pope John Paul II sits at the altar in the town of Stary Sacz, Poland, Wednesday, June 16, 1999, during a Mass he celebrated with some 700, 000. The pope came down with a flu and fever on Tuesday and had to cancel all his activities. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)

Waving goodbye to the waiting crowd, Pope John Paul II, at the town of Wadowice, Poland, where the Pope was born and grew up, Wednesday, June 16, 1999. The Pope visited the Basilica at Wadowice and met with the people of his old home town. John Paul II will leave Poland on Thursday, and is scheduled to also visit Czestochowa, Poland's holiest shrine. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Lowicz, 14.06.1999. N/z: papiez podczas mszy Lowicz, Poland 14/06/1999 7th visit, pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland. The Pope celebrates the Holy Mass in Lowicz

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Lowicz, 14.06.1999. N/z: papiez podczas mszy Lowicz, Poland 14/06/1999 7th visit, pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland. The Pope celebrates the Holy Mass in Lowicz

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Warszawa, 13.06.1999 N/z: papiez podczas mszy pod katedra sw. Floriana diecezji warszawsko-praskiej Pope's 7th visit to Poland 13.06.1999 Warsaw Mass in St.Florian Basilica

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/ WOJTEK LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Drohiczyn, 10.06.1999 N/z: nabozenstwo ekumeniczne z homilia papieza Drohiczyn., Poland 1999 6th visit, pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland. The Pope blesses all gathered at the Ecumenical Liturgy in Drohiczyn 30th anniversary of pontificate of Pope John Paul II. Karol Wojtyla was elected and intronisated on 16 October 1978.

PHOTO: EASTNEWS/W. LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, msza, Siedle, 10.06.1999 N/z: papiez podczas mszy

PHOTO: EASTNEWS/W. LASKI Siodma pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Drohiczyn, 10.06.1999 N/z: nabozenstwo ekumeniczne z homilia papieza Drohiczyn., Poland 1999 6th visit, pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland. The Pope blesses all gathered at the Ecumenical Liturgy in Drohiczyn