John Paul II dies
April 2, 2005
The Polish pope who had helped bring down communism, who had survived a 1981 assassination attempt and visited 129 countries, died at the Vatican after a long Parkinson's decline. Four million pilgrims filed past his coffin in St. Peter's Square. "Santo subito," the crowds chanted. Sainthood would come within nine years.
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