Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass before the traditional Angelus prayer, in his apartment on the 10th floor of Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome, Italy on March 06, 2005. [Getty Images]

VATICAN - MARCH 06: The ceremony is celebrated by his personal secretary Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz. The Pope is recovering from throat surgery in Rome, Italy on March 06, 2005. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) — see more

VATICAN - MARCH 06: The ceremony is celebrated by his personal secretary Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz. The Pope is recovering from throat surgery in Rome, Italy on March 06, 2005. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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