나는 행복하다
너희들도 행복하여라
요한 바오로 2세
Italian news agency Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
reports the pope's final message was
"I am happy,
you be happy, too.
Let's pray together with joy.
I entrust everything to the Virgin Mary with joy".
Pope John Paul II
April 2, 2005
John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) 1920-2005
After months of failing health, His Holiness Pope John Paul II passed away, April 2, at 9:37 p.m. local time (19:37 UTC). He was 84 years old. An email message to journalists from the spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls from The Vatican confirmed the death at 20:00 UTC. *(UTC: Universal Time Coordinated)