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Pope John Paul II holds his skullcap as a gust of wind lifts his mantle during his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 5, 2004. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) |
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Pope to child : Pope John Paul II smiles to a child during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (AFP/Paolo Cocco) |
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Some of the thirty three new recruits of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard walk down the stairs of the 'Arco delle Campane' (Bells Arch) prior to their swearing in ceremony in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican May 6, 2004. The Swiss Guard, founded in 1506, consist of 100 volunteers who must be Swiss, Catholic, single, at least 174 centimeters tall and beardless celebrate this year their 500th anniversary. New recruits are sworn every year on May 06, commemorating the date in which 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the Pope during an attack on Rome on May 6, 1527 ( REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) |
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The thirty three new recruits of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard march before their swearing-in ceremony in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican May 6, 2004. The Swiss Guard, founded in 1506, consisting of 100 volunteers who must be Swiss, Catholic, single, at least 174 centimeters tall and beardless celebrate this year their 500th anniversary. New recruits are sworn every year on May 6, commemorating the date in which 147 Swiss soldiers who died defending the Pope during an attack on Rome on May 6, 1527. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) |
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Pope John Paul II waves to the faithful during his Sunday Angelus in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 9, 2004. (REUTERS/ Tony Gentile) |
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Pope John Paul II waves from his window in St. Peter's Square during his weekly Sunday Angelus, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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View of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The Vatican foreign minister, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, will make an official visit to London this week to meet with government officials. (AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys) |
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Pope John Paul II waves during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 12, 2004. (REUTERS/Tony Gentile) |
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Pope John Paul II waves surrounded by altar children during his weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 12, 2004. The Vatican's foreign minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo said the scandal of prisoner abuses by US soldiers in Iraq has dealt a bigger blow to the United States than the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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