Pope John Paul II prays while visiting the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Pope John Paul II recites the rosary at St. Patrick's Cathedral Saturday, Oct. 7, 1995. John Cardinal O'Connor is seen kneeling at background right. (AP Photo/POOL, Tim Clary)

Pope John Paul II recites the rosary at St. Patrick's Cathedral Saturday, Oct. 7, 1995. John Cardinal O'Connor is seen kneeling at background right. (AP Photo/POOL, Tim Clary)

Pope John Paul II prays with nuns inside Nosse Senhora de Fatima Cathedral in Benguela, Angola, June 9, 1992. (AP Photo/Pool)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/ WOJTEK LASKI Trzecia pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Modlitwa przy grobie ks. Jerzego Popieluszki. Warszawa, 13.06.1987 N/Z: Jan Pawel II. Third apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Prayer at priest Jerzy Popieluszko grave. Warszawa, POLAND - 13/06/1987 Pictured: Pope John Paul II.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II prays 14 August 1983 in the grotto of Massabielle at the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes during his second trip to France. Lourdes draws six million pilgrims a year who seek cures from illness at the shrine. JAN PAWEL II MODLACY SIE W GROCIE MASSABIELLE W LOURDES 1983. GROTA MASSABIELLE - MIEJSCE PIELGRZYMEK KATOLIKOW, GDZIE 11 LUTEGO 1858 MATKA BOZA UKAZALA SIE 13 RAZY BERNADETCIE SOUBIROUS.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope John Paul II prays 14 August 1983 in the grotto of Massabielle at the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes during his second trip to France. Lourdes draws six million pilgrims a year who seek cures from illness at the shrine. JAN PAWEL II MODLACY SIE W GROCIE MASSABIELLE W LOURDES 1983. GROTA MASSABIELLE - MIEJSCE PIELGRZYMEK KATOLIKOW, GDZIE 11 LUTEGO 1858 MATKA BOZA UKAZALA SIE 13 RAZY BERNADETCIE SOUBIROUS.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/Wojtek Laski FRANCE : JEAN-PAUL II A LOURDES JAN PAWEL II MODLACY SIE W GROCIE MASSABIELLE W LOURDES 1983. GROTA MASSABIELLE - MIEJSCE PIELGRZYMEK KATOLIKOW, GDZIE 11 LUTEGO 1858 MATKA BOZA UKAZALA SIE 13 RAZY BERNADETCIE SOUBIROUS. 00107562

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. N/Z: papiez modli sie przy grobie swoich rodzicow, Cmentarz Rakowicki, Krakow, 22.06.1983. The second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Pictured: Pope prays at his parents tomb, Rakowicki Cemetery, Cracow, POLAND, 22/06/1983.

PHOTO: LASKI DIFFUSION / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski, Niepokalanow, 18.06.1983. N/Z: (L-P) kardynal Jozef Glemp, kardynal Franciszek Macharski, papiez Jan Pawel II. Second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland, Niepokalanow, POLAND, 18/06/1983. Pictured: (L-P) cardinal Jozef Glemp, cardinal Franciszek Macharski, Pope John Paul II.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Druga pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Modlitwa przy grobie kardynala Stefana Wyszynskiego w archikatedrze sw. Jana Chrzciciela, Warszawa, 16.06.1983 N/Z: Jan Pawel II oraz (z lewej) prymas Polski kardynal Jozef Glemp. The second apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Prayer at the tomb of cardinal Stefan Wyszynski at the St. John's Archcathedral, Warszawa, POLAND, 16/06/1983. Pictured: Pope John Paul II and (left) Primate of Poland cardinal Jozef Glemp.

POPE JOHN PAUL II ATTACKED DURING VISIT TO PORTUGAL: Pope John Paul II escaped uninjured when a man wearing a religious dress, later identified as a Madrid born priest with name Joan Fernandez Krohn, tried to attack the Pontiff with a knife during the Pope's visit to the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, Portugal, May 12, 1982. Photo shows Pope John Paul II donating a rosary to the statue of Virgin Mary at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fatima, May 12, 1982, in Fatima. The Pontiff came here to thank theHoly Virgin to have saved his life one year ago in an attempt on his life in Rome, Italy. (AP-PHOTO)

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Papiez Jan Pawel II, lata 80. Pope John Paul II, 80s.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Turcji, Stambul 29.11.1979 N/Z: Jan Pawel II. Apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Turkey. Istanbul, TURKEY - 29/11/1979 Pictured: Pope John Paul II.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Wizyta papieza w Sanktuarium Matki Bozej Laskawej i sw. Marii Goretti, Nettuno, okolice Rzymu, Wlochy, 01.09.1979. N/Z: papiez Jan Pawel II.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Pierwsza pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Wizyta w rodzinnym miescie papieza. Wadowice, 07.06.1979 First Apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Visit in Pope's home town. Wadowice, POLAND - 07/06/1979 8279

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Pierwsza pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Jan Pawel II pograzony w modlitwie pod Sciana Stracen, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim, 07.06.1979. First apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. John Paul II prays at the Wall of Death, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim, 07/06/1979.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI / EAST NEWS Pierwsza pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Msza swieta na jasnogorskich bloniach. Czestochowa, 05.06.1979. N/Z: prymas Polski kardynal Stefan Wyszynski. First Apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. Mass on the greens next to Jasna Gora Monastery. Czestochowa, POLAND - 06/1979. Pictured: the primate of Poland cardinal Stefan Wyszynski.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Pierwsza pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do Polski. Jan Pawel II pograzony w modlitwie pod Sciana Stracen, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim, 07.06.1979. First apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to Poland. John Paul II prays at the Wall of Death, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim, 07/06/1979.