Pope John Paul II, left is greeted by President Clinton, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1995, at New Jersey's Newark Airport. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens,Pool)

Pope John Paul II and South African President Nelson Mandela are silhouetted as they stand for national anthems after the pontiff's arrival to Johannesburg Saturday, September 16, 1995. The pope landed in South Africa on Saturday and kissed the soil of a country he long refused to officially visit in protest against the old apartheid regime. (AP Photo/John Moore)

Pope John Paul II is welcomed by South African President Nelson Mandela, right, upon his arrival at Johannesburg airport at the start of his first official visit to South Africa Saturday September 16, 1995. (AP Photo/Pool)

Pope John Paul II, right, is greeted by President Nelson Mandela, left, on his arrival at Johannesburg's airport Saturday Sept 16 1995. The Pope is on his first official visit to South Africa. (AP Photo / John Moore)

Pope John Paul II, left, greets PLO leader Yasser Arafat at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo Saturday September 2 1995. Arafat is in Italy for talks with Italian leaders and the Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. (AP Photo/ Luciano Mellace, pool)

Fot. Wojtek Laski / East News Spotkanie Michaila Gorbaczowa z papiezem Janem Pawlem II, Watykan, 01.12.1989.

Fot. Wojtek Laski / East News Spotkanie Michaila Gorbaczowa z papiezem Janem Pawlem II, Watykan, 01.12.1989.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP (FILES) Pope John Paul II is seen in this file picture taken 14 June 1987 at Warsaw?s Okecie airport accompanied by Polish Premier General Wojciech Jaruzelski (c) and the archbishop of Warsaw, Cardinal Jozef Glemp (r) at the end of the Pope third visit to Poland. In December 1970, Defense minister Jaruzelski has ordered troops to open fire on demonstrators during violent protests against food price rises in Baltic ports of Gdansk, Gdynia and Szczecin. He became prime minister in February 1981. Later that year Jaruzelski became communist party leader, proclaimed martial law and had Solidarity leader Lech Walesa jailed for several month.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Trzecia pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski , Warszawa, 08.06.1987 N/z: Jan Pawel II, gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski i biskupi polscy na spotkaniu w Belwederze

Fot. Laski Diffusion/East News Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Papiez spotkal sie nieoficjalnie z Lechem Walesa i jego rodzina, Dolina Chocholowska, Tatry, 23.06.1983. The second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Pope participates in unofficial meeting with Lech Walesa and his family, Chocholowska Valley, Tatra Mountains, Poland, 23/06/1983.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Spotkanie papieza z pierwszym sekretarzem KC PZPR generalem Wojciechem Jaruzelskim i wladzami PRL w Belwederze, Warszawa, 17.06.1983. N/Z: od lewej przewodniczacy rady panstwa Henryk Jablonski, general Wojciech Jaruzelski, po prawej Jan Pawel II,

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Spotkanie papieza z pierwszym sekretarzem KC PZPR generalem Wojciechem Jaruzelskim i wladzami PRL w Belwederze, Warszawa, 17.06.1983. N/Z: w centrum papiez, obok Przewodniczacy Rady Panstwa Henryk Jablonski. The second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Pope meets in Belweder with First Secretary of the of the PUWP general Wojciech Jaruzelski and PRL's authorities, Warsaw, POLAND, 17/06/1983. Pictured: in the center Pope, on the right Henryk Jablonski, the Chairman of the Council of State of the People's Republic of Poland.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Spotkanie z wladzami PRL w Belwederze, Warszawa, 17.06.1983. N/Z: (od lewej) gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, przewodniczacy Rady Panstwa Henryk Jablonski i Jan Pawel II. Second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland, Warszawa, POLAND, 17/06/1983. Pictured: (L-R) general Wojciech Jaruzelski, Chairman of the Council of State Henryk Jablonski and Pope John Paul II.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Spotkanie z przedstawicielami wladz PRL w Belwederze. Warszawa, 17.06.1983 N/Z: Jan Pawel II i premier, I sekretarz KC PZPR gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/Wojtek Laski Exclusive Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Spotkanie z wladzami PRL w Belwederze. Warszawa, 17.06.1983 N/Z: (od lewej) I sekretarz KC PZPR, Prezes Rady Ministrow gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, papiez Jan Pawel II.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP (FILES) A picture dated 1982 shows Pope John Paul II meeting Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama at the Vatican City. Pope John Paul II met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Vatican 27 November 2003 for talks which focused exclusively on religion and did not broach Tibet's struggle for independence from China, the Vatican said.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Watykan 14.01.1981, Lech Walesa na audiencji u papieza Jana Pawla II. Pope John Paul II meets Lech Walesa in Vatican.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II addresses 02 June 1979 in Warsaw the Communist Party chief Edward Gierek (R) during the pontiff's first visit to Poland. Gierek lost his job as party chief after the strikes at the Gdansk shipyards that saw the emergence of the powerful Solidarity trade union, which helped bring about the demise of communism.