Pope John Paul II listens as Rome Mayor Francesco Rutelli (R) addresses councillors in Rome's Campidoglio, city hall, January 15. The Pope made his first official visit to the city of Rome in the city hall designed by Michelangelo on the site where the Roman People deprived the Pope of power in 1143. The Pope will leave in less than a week for a historic visit to the communist ruled island of Cuba.

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