![Rome, Italy. 17th Oct, 2000. October 17, 2000 : Pope John Paul II meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip during a private audience at the Vatican. Credit: Independent Rome, Italy. 17th Oct, 2000. October 17, 2000 : Pope John Paul II meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip during a private audience at the Vatican. Credit: Independent](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F9BT24/rome-italy-17th-oct-2000-october-17-2000-pope-john-paul-ii-meets-britains-queen-elizabeth-ii-with-her-husband-prince-philip-during-a-private-audience-at-the-vatican-credit-independent-photo-agencyalamy-live-news-2F9BT24.jpg)
Rome, Italy. 17th Oct, 2000. October 17, 2000 : Pope John Paul II meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip during a private audience at the Vatican. Credit: Independent
![Pope John Paul II waves incense at the statue of the Madonna of Fatima, who he believes saved his life in a 1981 assassination attempt, during a celebration in St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II waves incense at the statue of the Madonna of Fatima, who he believes saved his life in a 1981 assassination attempt, during a celebration in St. Peter's Square](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D42JXX/pope-john-paul-ii-waves-incense-at-the-statue-of-the-madonna-of-fatima-who-he-believes-saved-his-life-in-a-1981-assassination-attempt-during-a-celebration-in-st-peters-square-at-the-vatican-october-7-2000-the-80-year-old-pope-had-the-statue-brought-to-rome-from-fatima-portugal-for-a-holy-year-celebration-the-statue-little-more-than-a-metre-high-is-a-representation-of-the-madonna-who-is-said-to-have-appeared-to-three-portuguese-shepherd-children-at-fatima-in-1917-2D42JXX.jpg)
Pope John Paul II waves incense at the statue of the Madonna of Fatima, who he believes saved his life in a 1981 assassination attempt, during a celebration in St. Peter's Square
![Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at a time of deep religious divisions and worked to bring tolerance Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at a time of deep religious divisions and worked to bring tolerance](https://images.theconversation.com/files/484357/original/file-20220913-4826-8wgrqe.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=1200.0&fit=crop)
Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at a time of deep religious divisions and worked to bring tolerance
![12 March 2000 Pope John Paul II asks forgiveness for sins of the Church against the Jewish people #otdimjh | On This Day In Messianic Jewish History 12 March 2000 Pope John Paul II asks forgiveness for sins of the Church against the Jewish people #otdimjh | On This Day In Messianic Jewish History](https://messianicjewishhistory.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/pope.png)
12 March 2000 Pope John Paul II asks forgiveness for sins of the Church against the Jewish people #otdimjh | On This Day In Messianic Jewish History
![Rome, Italy. 17th Oct, 2000. October 17, 2000 : Pope John Paul II meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip during a private audience at the Vatican. Credit: Independent Rome, Italy. 17th Oct, 2000. October 17, 2000 : Pope John Paul II meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip during a private audience at the Vatican. Credit: Independent](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F9BT2B/rome-italy-17th-oct-2000-october-17-2000-pope-john-paul-ii-meets-britains-queen-elizabeth-ii-with-her-husband-prince-philip-during-a-private-audience-at-the-vatican-credit-independent-photo-agencyalamy-live-news-2F9BT2B.jpg)
Rome, Italy. 17th Oct, 2000. October 17, 2000 : Pope John Paul II meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip during a private audience at the Vatican. Credit: Independent
![Pope John Paul II, who is seen in this file photograph from March 25, 2000, is said to have been readmitted to the hospital for flu-related problems on February 24, 2005 in Pope John Paul II, who is seen in this file photograph from March 25, 2000, is said to have been readmitted to the hospital for flu-related problems on February 24, 2005 in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W0M6GT/pope-john-paul-ii-who-is-seen-in-this-file-photograph-from-march-25-2000-is-said-to-have-been-readmitted-to-the-hospital-for-flu-related-problems-on-february-24-2005-in-vatican-city-rome-italy-italian-media-have-said-that-doctors-are-considering-a-tracheotomy-operation-to-help-the-82-year-old-pope-breath-upi-photodebbie-hill-W0M6GT.jpg)