Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 303 Mon. April 04, 2005       International World leaders praise pope as a force for peace Tens of thousand faithful attend mass one day after Pope John Paul II died yesterday in the southern city of Krakow in Poland where the Holy Father was residing as Cardinal. The 84-year-old pontiff, who battled crippling illness for months, passed away late Saturday in his private apartment at the Vatican. John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in four-and-a-half centuries, and the first from Eastern Europe. PHOTO: AFP