In a Christmas Eve message of peace, Pope John Paul II lights
a candle outside his darkened studio window overlooking St.
Peter's square at the Vatican Friday, Dec.24, 2004. Pope John
Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church
for more than a quarter century and became history's
most-traveled pope, died Saturday night, April 2, 2005 in his
Vatican apartment. He was 84. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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