A spokeswoman of the Finance Ministry in Berlin confirmed the news Thursday. The stamp will be available shortly before World Youth Day, according to the KNA agency.
Some 800,000 young people are expected to attend the Aug. 16-21, 2005, event. John Paul II is scheduled to be at the closing Mass.
For 2005, the Finance Ministry has 52 special issues planned, among them, commemorative stamps of the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Berlin cathedral and of the re-consecration of the Frauenkirche in Dresden.
