Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.
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Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
Pope Sergius I consecrated Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy.
Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House in Washington, D.C.
Argentina canonized its first female saint, Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa.
