Pope's Dying Hours Uplifted Church's Image Pope John Paul II's Dying Hours Uplifted Image of Battered Roman Catholic Church He Led Pope John Paul II gestures during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, in this Sept. 4, 2002 file photo. Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, has died at 84, the Vatican announced in an e-mail Saturday, April 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File) By RICHARD N. OSTLING The Associated Press Apr 3, 2005 — The...