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Photo of the Day | published on 02/23/18
POPE JOHN PAUL II,CLOSE UP

Paolo Cocco | AFP

Photo of the Day: February 23, 2018

Pope St. John Paul II observes three minutes of silence for the victims of the southeast Asian tsunami at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, January 5, 2005. The 84-year-old pontiff again asked Christians to pray for the populations stricken by Asia’s tsunami disaster, as Europe-wide mourning ceremonies were under way.

Photograph by Paolo Cocco for AFP

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