264th pope of the Catholic Church (1920–2005)

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Pope John Paul II frowns and raises a finger on which sits a condom; a safe sex advertisment for Act Up Europe by Denis Rommelaere and Noël Roger. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

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John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II frowns and raises a finger on which sits a condom; a safe sex advertisment for Act Up Europe by Denis Rommelaere and Noël Roger. Lithograph, ca. 1997.