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Faithful attend a commemorative Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 10, 2005. Mourning pilgrims packed St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday for one of a series of nine daily funeral Masses, known as the 'Novembiales', for the late Polish pontiff who died on Sturday April 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) |
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Cardinal Francesco Marchisano (L) of Italy leads a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Starting with the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the cardinals will celebrate a series of funeral masses for nine days, known as the 'Novemdiales.' (AFP/Thomas Coex) |
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A Swiss guard stands as faithful attend a commemorative Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 10, 2005. Mourning pilgrims packed St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday for a series of nine daily funeral Masses, known as the 'Novembiales', for the late Polish pontiff who died on Saturday, April 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) |
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The tomb of Pope John Paul II inside the crypt in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (AFP/POOL) |
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A June 3, 1993 file photo showing Pope John Paul II praying in the crypt containing the sarcophagus of late Pope John XXIII, in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pope John Paul II was buried Friday, April 8, 2005 inside this crypt once occupied by Pope Paul XXIII, whose body was moved after his 2000 beatification to the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica because so many pilgrims wanted to visit his tomb. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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Mourners hold a banner that reads 'Sainthood immediately', during a funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II, in the Vatican's St Peter's square, April 9, 2005. Sainthood in the Roman Catholics church usually takes decades or even centuries to achieve. REUTERS/Yves Herman |
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the white marble slab of Pope John Paul II's tomb is seen inside the crypt in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 9, 2005. The tomb bears the letters IOANNES PAULUS PPII, latin for Pope John Paul II, the dates of his 26-year reign and the first two letter of Christ's name in Greek, a common symbol that has roots in early Christianity. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho) |
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Italian Cardinal Francesco Marchisano leads Saturday's Mass in St Peter's Basilica, sharing personal memories of the Pope as a friend, a brother and a loving father, in Rome, April 9, 2005. Friday's funeral, watched by hundreds of millions around the world, was the first of nine daily Masses of mourning that will be held until the night before the conclave begins. Roman Catholic cardinals took a media vow of silence on Saturday as they prepared to choose a successor to Pope John Paul II, acclaimed by many at his funeral already as a saint. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen |
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Cardinals pray during the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican City. Leading US newspapers described the Pope's funeral as a majestic event that united the world in grief, but offered no editorial opinions about the elaborate ceremony. (AFP/File/Patrick Hertzog) |
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The crowd at St Peter's Square in the Vatican City during the funeral of Pope John Paul II. An estimated one million mourners crammed into and around Saint Peter's Square for a funeral mass expressing 'joyful hope and profound gratitude' for the life of the pope. (AFP/Giulio Napolitano) |