The young Karol Wojtyla with his parents. Copyright © Corbis
The Solvay Quarry. Copyright © Topfoto
Poster of ‘The Cavalier of the Moon’ in which Karol Wojtyla performed two months before the outbreak of the Second World War. Copyright © Topfoto
Karol Wojtyla at the time of his ordination in November 1946. Copyright © Popperfoto
John Paul II on the day of his election. Copyright © Corbis
Lech Walesa and Bishop Henryk Jankowski, the Lenin shipyard, Gdansk, 29 August 1980. Copyright © Getty Images
Riots on the streets, 2 May 1982. Copyright © Corbis
Lech Walesa with Pope John Paul II. Copyright © Getty Images
Wojtyla with Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Copyright © Corbis
Pope John Paul II with the Reagans. Copyright © Getty Images
Cardinal Bernardin. Copyright © Corbis
Pope John Paul II with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Copyright © Corbis
Archbishop Romero. Copyright © Getty Images
Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square. Image author’s own
Pope John Paul II with Galtieri of Argentina, copyright © Corbis, and Marcos of the Philippines, copyright © Getty Images
A list of allegedly abusive priests in New England dioceses. Copyright © Getty Images
Reverend Tom Doyle. Copyright © Corbis
Father Bob Hoatson leading protestors at the installation of Archbishop Sean Patrick O’Malley. Copyright © Getty Images
Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz. Copyright © Corbis
Pope John Paul II in Ireland. Copyright © Getty Images
Bishop Marcinkus in Nigeria in 1982. Copyright © Corbis
HIV and AIDS in Africa. Copyright © Topfoto
Theologian Hans Küng. Copyright © Topfoto
Vatican spin-doctor Navarro-Valls. Copyright © Corbis
Statues of the Virgin Mary outside a souvenir shop in Medjugorje, Bosnia. Copyright © Getty Images
Papal endorsements by the score. Copyright © Corbis
Pope John Paul II at the Gemelli hospital recovering from throat surgery, 6 March 2005. Copyright © Getty Images