Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's death. Many had gathered on St. Peter's Square during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognized around the globe.

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