Pier Paolo Cito / AP
In this Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004, file photo, Pope John Paul II blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience in the courtyard of his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, in the outskirts of Rome. Police are searching an Italian mountain area beloved by Pope John Paul II for a stolen relic bearing his blood.
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