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Price paid at an Indiana auction last September for a 1975 Ford Escort previously owned by Pope John Paul II: $102,000
Price paid at an Indiana auction last September for a 1975 Ford Escort previously owned by Pope John Paul II: $102,000
Kruse International (Auburn, Ind.)
Number of people that Pope John Paul II has beatified or canonized since 1978: 1,049
Number of people that Pope John Paul II has beatified or canonized since 1978: 1,049
Embassy of the State of the Vatican City
Amount that CBS is paying Rome’s Atlante Star hotel to use its rooftop view of St. Peter’s when the Pope dies: $180,000
Amount that CBS is paying Rome’s Atlante Star hotel to use its rooftop view of St. Peter’s when the Pope dies: $180,000
Atlante Star Hotel (Rome)
Number of the two exorcisms Pope John Paul II has performed since 1982 that the Vatican has deemed a success: 1
Number of the two exorcisms Pope John Paul II has performed since 1982 that the Vatican has deemed a success: 1
Catholic News Service (Washington)
Rank of Bill Clinton among the “most important people in the world today,‚” according to U.S. schoolchildren: 1
Rank of Bill Clinton among the “most important people in the world today,‚” according to U.S. schoolchildren: 1
World Almanac for Kids, Primedia Publications (Mahwah, N.J.)
Rank of the Pope, J. K. Rowling, and God, respectively: 2, 13, 19
Rank of the Pope, J. K. Rowling, and God, respectively: 2, 13, 19
World Almanac for Kids, Primedia Publications (Mahwah, N.J.)
Rank of “myself‚”: 11
Rank of “myself‚”: 11
World Almanac for Kids, Primedia Publications (Mahwah, N.J.)
Chance that a Catholic saint named in the last 400 years was canonized by Pope John Paul II: 1 in 2
Chance that a Catholic saint named in the last 400 years was canonized by Pope John Paul II: 1 in 2
Catholic Church of Norway (Oslo)
Price paid at auction in May for a sculpture of Pope John Paul II being struck by a meteorite: $800,000
Price paid at auction in May for a sculpture of Pope John Paul II being struck by a meteorite: $800,000
Christie's (Boston)
Amount paid last fall for a Ford Escort driven by Pope John Paul II: $680,000
Amount paid last fall for a Ford Escort driven by Pope John Paul II: $680,000
Kruse International (Auburn, Ind.)
Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.
