![Pope John Paul II looks on as he passes behind the relics of the blessed during a beatification mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican for five new blessed of the Pope John Paul II looks on as he passes behind the relics of the blessed during a beatification mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican for five new blessed of the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D43ANX/pope-john-paul-ii-looks-on-as-he-passes-behind-the-relics-of-the-blessed-during-a-beatification-mass-in-saint-peters-square-at-the-vatican-for-five-new-blessed-of-the-roman-catholic-church-comprising-two-spaniards-an-italian-a-belgian-and-a-french-nun-november-9-2003-to-date-the-pope-has-named-477-men-and-women-as-saints-and-beatified-more-than-1320-people-putting-them-in-the-waiting-room-for-eventual-elevation-to-sainthood-2D43ANX.jpg)
Pope John Paul II looks on as he passes behind the relics of the blessed during a beatification mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican for five new blessed of the
![Le pape Jean-Paul II à Lourdes, en août 1983, dans les Hautes-Pyrénées, France. (Photo by Michel BARE… | St john paul ii, Pope saint john paul ii, Pope john paul ii Le pape Jean-Paul II à Lourdes, en août 1983, dans les Hautes-Pyrénées, France. (Photo by Michel BARE… | St john paul ii, Pope saint john paul ii, Pope john paul ii](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/a3/33/eba333c75c37aa4c32c897e770f46009.jpg)
Le pape Jean-Paul II à Lourdes, en août 1983, dans les Hautes-Pyrénées, France. (Photo by Michel BARE… | St john paul ii, Pope saint john paul ii, Pope john paul ii
![In 1997, Pope John Paul II was convinced by a French fashion designer, Jean-Charles Castelbajac and other priests to wear multi-colored vestments for a World Yo… In 1997, Pope John Paul II was convinced by a French fashion designer, Jean-Charles Castelbajac and other priests to wear multi-colored vestments for a World Yo…](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f2/6c/3f/f26c3f777bac718e2dab0b47e35f7206.jpg)
In 1997, Pope John Paul II was convinced by a French fashion designer, Jean-Charles Castelbajac and other priests to wear multi-colored vestments for a World Yo…
![Pope John Paul II (L) shakes hands with French President Jacques Chirac (R) during a brief private meeting, August 14, 2004 at Tarbes' airport after the pontiff's arrival for a two-day pilgrimage Pope John Paul II (L) shakes hands with French President Jacques Chirac (R) during a brief private meeting, August 14, 2004 at Tarbes' airport after the pontiff's arrival for a two-day pilgrimage](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D4E5PC/pope-john-paul-ii-l-shakes-hands-with-french-president-jacques-chirac-r-during-a-brief-private-meeting-august-14-2004-at-tarbes-airport-after-the-pontiffs-arrival-for-a-two-day-pilgrimage-to-lourdes-2D4E5PC.jpg)
Pope John Paul II (L) shakes hands with French President Jacques Chirac (R) during a brief private meeting, August 14, 2004 at Tarbes' airport after the pontiff's arrival for a two-day pilgrimage
![Pope John Paul II waves to pilgrims and tourists who gathered outside a mountaintop retreat to hear his Sunday prayer in Les Combes, July 11, 2004. The 84 year old Pope is Pope John Paul II waves to pilgrims and tourists who gathered outside a mountaintop retreat to hear his Sunday prayer in Les Combes, July 11, 2004. The 84 year old Pope is](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3KW28/pope-john-paul-ii-waves-to-pilgrims-and-tourists-who-gathered-outside-a-mountaintop-retreat-to-hear-his-sunday-prayer-in-les-combes-july-11-2004-the-84-year-old-pope-is-at-the-mid-point-of-a-two-week-mountain-holiday-in-a-secluded-chalet-in-the-the-hamlet-of-les-combes-near-the-border-with-france-at-the-valle-daosta-in-northern-italy-2D3KW28.jpg)