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Pall bearers carry the body of Pope John Paul II through a packed Saint Peter's Square en route to the Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2005. Photo by Pool/Reuters |
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The faithful standing in queue outside the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican where the body of Pope John Paul II lies April 4, 2005. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini |
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Thousands of people cram St. Peter's square to enter St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican and pay their respects to late Pope John Paul II, late Monday April 4, 2005. The Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died Saturday night, April 2, in his Vatican apartment. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) |
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Thousands of people cram St. Peter's square to enter St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican and pay their respects to late Pope John Paul II, late Monday April 4, 2005. The Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died Saturday night, April 2, in his Vatican apartment. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) |
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Thousands of pilgrims queue outside Saint Peter's Basilica to see late Pope John Paul II laying in state at the Vatican early April 5, 2005. Pall bearers, cardinals and monks took Pope John Paul on one last trip from his palace on Monday, escorting his body to Saint Peter's Basilica, the church that was his for 26 years. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach |
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The Pope's body is carried to be transfered from the Apostolic Palace to St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. After the solemn procession, the public will be allowed to view the body of Pope John Paul II for three days (AFP/Thomas Coex) |
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The body of Pope John Paul II is pictured inside the St. Peter's Basilica while faithfuls pay their respect to him after the procession in the Vatican City. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) |
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Candles are lit outside Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican where the body of Pope John Paul II is lying in state April 4, 2005. Mourners streaming out of St. Peter's Basilica after paying their last respects to Pope John Paul II on Monday night spoke of feeling grief, hope, and a sense of history as they filed past his body. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito |
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Pope John Paul II supervises an exhortation sent via electronic-mail from Saint-Peter's Church in Vatican City in 2001. More than 150,000 young people marched through the streets of Krakow in an impromptu tribute, organised with the aid of modern technology, to Pope John Paul II. (AFP/ANSA/File/Alessandro Bianchi) |