Pope John Paul II waves an olive branch as he appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the end of a solemn ceremony to mark Palm Sunday, March 20, 2005, in Vatican City.
Pope John Paul II touches his face in an apparent moment of frustration, after blessing well-wishers in St. Peter's Square, March 20, 2005, in Vatican City.
Pope John Paul II gives his blessing as he appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, March 23, 2005, in Vatican City. In the approximately one-minute long appearance, the ailing pontiff raised his hand in blessing a few times but didn't speak.
Prelates and priests crowd St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Thursday Mass, March 24, 2005, in Vatican City. Pope John Paul II was absent from the Mass, the latest Holy Week event the ailing pontiff was forced to skip following throat surgery.
A television in Rome shows Pope John Paul II as he watches a television in his apartment at the Vatican, March 25, 2005. The Pope was watching a broadcast showing Rome's Way of the Cross torchlight procession on Good Friday. It was the first time in his 26-year pontificate the pope missed the procession.
Seated in his private chapel at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II holds a crucifix as he follows a live broadcast of the Way of the Cross torchlight procession held in front of Rome's Coliseum, March 25, 2005. Photo made from CTV Vatican television.
A view of Rome's Coliseum during the Way of the Cross torchlight procession, March 25, 2005.
Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini, center, leads the Way of the Cross procession inside Rome's Coliseum on Good Friday, March 25, 2005.
A view of a crowded St. Peter's Square is seen from St. Peter's Basilica on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005, in Vatican City.
American youths cheer prior to an Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, March 27, 2005, in Vatican City.
Pope John Paul II reviews sheets of paper as he looks out of his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square prior to giving his Easter Sunday blessing, March 27, 2005, in Vatican City.
Spanish youths cheer as Pope John Paul II looks out of his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square, March 27, 2005, in Vatican City.
Pope John Paul II attempts to deliver an Easter Sunday blessing from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square, March 27, 2005, in Vatican City.
Wind blows the drape below Pope John Paul II's window as he looks out over St. Peter's Square, March 27, 2005.
Pope John Paul II appears from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square, March 27, 2005, in Vatican City. He tried but could not utter an Easter Sunday blessing.
Pope John Paul II follows the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square from his studio at the Vatican, March 27, 2005.
The window of Pope John Paul II's apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican is seen March 28, 2005. Following a Holy Week during which he was unable to speak, Pope John Paul II skipped his traditional appearance at his window overlooking St. Peter's Square the day after Easter.
Faithful and tourists wait for Pope John Paul II to deliver his Regina Coeli Easter Monday blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, March 28, 2005, in Vatican City.