Friday, 15 August 2014

POPE IN PICTURES-Wall Street Journal


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Pope John Paul II is held up by his secretary, Stanislaw Dziwisz, after being shot by Mehmet Ali Acga in Vatican City on May 13, 1981. The pope was seriously wounded. Arturo Mari/Associated Press

Pope John Paul II arrives at an Anglican church in Liverpool, England in 1982. Dave Caulkin/Associated Press

Pope John Paul II is presented with a new Mercedes S500 at the Vatican in 1997. The black convertible was especially designed for the pope with only one large back seat in white leather. Arturo Mari/HO/Associated Press
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Pope John Paul II in his electric car during a drive in the gardens of his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, near Rome, in 2004. HO/Associated Press
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Pope Benedict XVI rides in the back of a truck in a procession from St. John Lateran Square to St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome during the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ in 2005. Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Pope Benedict XVI, riding in the Popemobile, waves while passing the White House in Washington in 2008, following an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI waves from a car after visiting the birthplace of St. Joseph Freinademetz during the pope's summer holidays in 2008 in Badia, Italy. Johannes







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