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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2003 file photo Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz assists a waving Pope John Paul II during a special audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Poles are divided between praise and condemnation of John Paul II’s secretary for publishing the late pope’s personal notes against his last will and testament. John Paul ordered the notes burned after his death and put his trusted confidant, the Rev. Dziwisz, in charge of the task. To everyone’s surprise, Dziwisz, now a cardinal, said recently that he “did not have the courage” to destroy the notes and is having them published as a precious insight into the inner life of the beloved pontiff, who will be declared a saint in April. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)
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Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl (second from left) speaks with Poland's Ambassador to the U.S., Ryszard Schnepf (right); conductor Gilbert Levine (second from right) and Georgetown University's Board of Directors Chairman Paul Tagliabue on Thursday after they announced a concert to celebrate the sainthood of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II in Washington in May (andrew harnik/the Washington Times)
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A tapestry bearing a 1995 picture of John Paul II is displayed during the Mass, which was watched by Catholics around the world.
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 2, 2010, photo made available by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI prays before the tomb of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, during traditional All Soul's Day prayers in the Grottoes of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)
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In this Sunday, April 3, 2005, file photo Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels leans on his staff while leading a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II, at the St. Michael church in Brussels. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
