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Illustration - Lyon

FRANCE. RHONE (69). LYON. THE STATUE OF POPE JOHN-PAUL II IN FRONT OF THE NOTRE-DAME DE FOURVIERES BASILICA BUILT AROUND 1880 BY THE ARCHITECTS PIERRE BOSSAN AND LOUIS SAINTE-MARIE PERRIN. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) SUMMER 2012. EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. THE TRESOR ROOMS, HOUSED IN THE CHAPTER SACRISTY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC, THEY WERE RENOVATED TO MARK THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. HERE, THE CAMEO COLLECTION. THESE FIGURES OF THE 268 POPES WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER, FROM SAINT PETER TO PIUS IX, WERE SCULPTED ON CORAL BY THE ENGRAVERS OF TORRE DEL GRECO (NEAR NAPLES), WHO SPECIALISE IN THIS TYPE OF WORK. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Pope Jean Paul II

File photo dated August 15, 2004. Pope John Paul II celebrated an open air mass in Lourdes in front of 300 000 pilgrims at the Roman Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary . Lourdes. France. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated October 17, 2000 of Queen Elizabeth received by pope John Paul II. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated March 6, 2005. Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass before the traditional Angelus prayer, in his apartment on the 10th floor of Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital. The Pope is recovering from throat surgery. Rome Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated August 15, 2004. Pope John Paul II celebrated an open air mass in Lourdes in front of 300 000 pilgrims at the Roman Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary . Lourdes. France. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated February 27, 2005. Pope John Paul II is surrounded by medical staff before he appears at the window of Rome's Gemelli hospital where he is recovering from surgery to his throat. Rome Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated August 16, 2002. Pope John Paul II in Kracow. Poland. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated October 29, 2000. After the holy mass for athlets 's jubilee at Rome olympic stadium, pope John Paul II assisted at a soccer game between Italy and a selection of world best players (0-0) Rome Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated August 23, 2002. During his visit to Poland, pope John Paul II celebrated a Mass for some two millions people in meadows on the outskirts of Krakow. Krakow. Poland. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated October 17, 2000 of Queen Elizabeth received by pope John Paul II. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated April 12, 2004. Pope John Paul II at the holy foot washing ceremony of Eastern at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated April 13, 2003. Pope John Paul II celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of young people. ROME. VATICAN. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated August 16, 2002. Pope John Paul II in Kracow. Poland. Consecration of the Basilica of God's Mercy, dedicated to the mystic nun Faustine, born Helena Kowalska, whom he canonized in 2000. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated March 16, 2004. Pope John Paul II prays in his private chapel at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated December 25, 2002. Pope John Paul II attends the celebration of the Christmas midnight massin Saint Peter’s basilica. Rome Vatican City. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated December 8, 2004. A frail Pope John Paul II pays homage to the Virgin Mary as Immaculate Conception is celebrated in Rome's Piazza di Spagna. Rome. Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated December 24, 1999. Pope John Paul II opens the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s basilica at the Vatican on December 24, 1999 for the Jubilee 2000. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated June 28, 2004. Prince Felipe of Spain and his wife Letizia received by pope John Paul II. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated June 19, 2003. Pope John Paul II celebrated the Corpus Domini mass in front of Saint John in Lateran Basilic , a feast commemorating Christ's last supper and the institution of the Eucharist. Rome Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated March 16, 2004. Pope John Paul II prays in his private chapel at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated March 27, 2005. Pope John Paul II blessed crowds on Easter Sunday but was unable to speak. The 84-year-old Pope appeared at his window overlooking St Peter's Square after one of his senior cardinals celebrated an Easter Mass for the ailing Pontiff. The Pope tried to speak. He made a few sounds but was unable to pronounce any words. He died one week after. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated May 18, 2003. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday during a canonization mass before thousands of faihtful. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated August 15, 2000. Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican during the15th World Youth Day. Rome. Vatican.15 August 2000. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated Noivember 5, 2003. Pope John Paul II received Russian President Vladimir Putin in the private library. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated June 26, 2000. Pope John Paul II meets Prince Felipe of Spain. Rome. Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated October 12, 2001. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been received by pope John Paul II during a private audience. Chavez is on an official visit to Italy as part of an european tour. He gave to the pope a wooden statue made by a venezuelan artist. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated March 28, 2003. Pope John Paul II looks tired during a ceremony at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated January 24, 2004. Pope John Paul II with a dove at the window of the papal appartment overlooking St Peter's square during the angelus noon prayer.The bird was released by members of the Roman Catholic Action, on the occasion of the end of a week of prayer for unity of christians. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated May 18, 2003. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday during a canonization mass before thousands of faihtful. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated July 16, 2004. Pope John Paul II spent his summer holidays in his Valle D'Aosta hideaway,in northern Italy, where he stayed in a mountain chalet in the shadow of Mont Blanc. Valle d'Aosta. Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated June 4, 2004. Pope John Paul II meets U.S President George.W.Bush. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated August 15, 2004. Frail pope John Paul II visited the shrine to the Virgin Mary in Lourdes that is associated with miraculous cures and he prayed alone in the grotto of the apparitions. - Lourdes Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated July 3, 2001. Pope John Paul II meets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated December 12, 2000. King of Spain Juan Carlos and queen Sofia were received by the pope John Paul II in a private audience. Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated February 28, 2001. Pope John Paul II celebrated the traditional holy mass of the Wednesday ash in the roman basilica of Santa Sabina. Rome Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated January 31, 2004. Pope John Paul II leads an audience at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated January 24, 2002. The pope in the train between Rome and Assisi. Day of prayer for peace in the world in Assisi with Pope John-Paul II and representatives of the various religions. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated July 10, 2002. Pope John Paul II leads the weekly general audience in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated March 23, 2005. A silent and pained-looking Pope John Paul II made a very brief appearance at his Vatican window following widespread reports that his health had deteriorated markedly in the past few days in Rome, Vatican The 84-year-old Pope appeared at the window overlooking St Peter's Square for little more than a minute but nonetheless prompted cheers from a crowd of several thousand people below. He did not speak. He waved several times to the crowd . He died one week after. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated February 23, 2000. Pope John Paul II attends a ceremony at the Vatican. Photo: Eric Vandeville

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File photo dated June 5, 2002. Pope John Paul II leads the weekly general audience at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File photo dated July 15, 2004. Pope John Paul II spent his summer holidays in his Valle D'Aosta hideaway,in northern Italy, where he stayed in a mountain chalet in the shadow of Mont Blanc. Valle d'Aosta. Italy. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope John-Paul II's Funeral At Vatican City

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma, Suha Arafat (L) attend the funeral of Pope John-Paul II joining more than two million mourners including royalty and political power brokers on St Peter's Square at Vatican City on Friday April 8, 2005. Photo by Abd Rabbo-Nebinger-Zabulon/ABACA

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US: Pileup Involving 17 Vehicles Shuts Down I-94 In Southwest Michigan

A multiple-vehicle crash shut down I-94 in both directions near Hartford in Van Buren County, Michigan, on Monday, December 2. Michigan State Police reported that one person was critically injured, and they believed driving too fast under whiteout conditions to be a factor in the crash.

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Wax Statues At Musee Grevin - Paris

Pope John Paul II (or Jean-Paul 2) wax statue at the Musee Grevin in Paris, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM