Pope John Paul II waves as he leads his weekly general audience from his private apartments at the Vatican. Pope John Paul II waves as he leads his weekly general audience from his private apartments at the Vatican February 23, 2005. Pope John Paul II, who still has not fully recovered from a hospitalisation earlier this month, held a 'virtual' general audience. To conserve his strength, he remained in his private apartments and addressed several thousand pilgrims via a television link up with the auditorium. REUTERS/Pool/Osservatore Romano