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Pope John Paul II's body is carried across St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Monday, April 4, 2005 on its way for public viewing inside St. Peter's Basilica. With tens of thousands of mourners outside hoping for a glimpse of the body, 12 pallbearers flanked by Swiss Guards carried the late pontiff's body on a crimson platform from the Sala Clementina, where it had laid in state since Sunday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) |
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File picture of tourists visiting the Popes' crypt of the St Peter Basilica at the Vatican 28 May 2001. The Vatican named as the date of Pope John Paul II's funeral as thousands of mourners gathered in a sun-filled Saint Peter's Square to pay their last respect when his body goes on public view. (AFP/File /Gabriel Bouys) |
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The body of Pope John Paul II at the Clementine Hall in the Vatican City. The Vatican named as the date of Pope John Paul II's funeral as thousands of mourners gathered in a sun-filled Saint Peter's Square to pay their last respect when his body goes on public view. (AFP/Pool/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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Pope John Paul II's body is carried through St. Peter's Square and into St Peter's Basilica for public viewing, Monday April 4 2005, four days before his remains will be entombed in the grotto below the church. With tens of thousands of mourners outside hoping for a glimpse of the body, 12 pallbearers flanked by Swiss Guards carry the late pontiff's body on a crimson platform from the Sala Clementina, where it had laid in state since Sunday. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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Pall bearers carry the body of the late Pope John Paul II through a packed Saint Peter's Square en route to the Basilica at the Vatican, April 4, 2005. Roman Catholic cardinals gather on Monday for the first time since the Pontiff's death to organise a funeral expected to draw the greatest tide of pilgrims and heads of state to the Vatican in its history. REUTERS/Pool |
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A young boy strains for a view, as Pope John Paul II's body is carried into St Peter's Basilica for public viewing, Monday April 4 2005, four days before his remains will be entombed in the grotto below the church. With tens of thousands of mourners outside hoping for a glimpse of the body, 12 pallbearers flanked by Swiss Guards carry the late pontiff's body on a crimson platform from the Sala Clementina, where it had laid in state since Sunday. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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Late Pope John Paul II is carried to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to be laid out in state, Monday, April 4, 2005, before being buried in the grotto of the Basilica after his funeral on Friday. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool) |
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Pilgrims watch the body of the late Pope John Paul II is carried through Saint Peter's Square enroute to the Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2005. Roman Catholic cardinals gather on Monday for the first time since the Pontiff's death to organise a funeral expected to draw the greatest tide of pilgrims and heads of state to the Vatican in its history. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez |
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A Polish flag is waved as pall bearers carry the body of the late Pope John Paul II through a packed Saint Peter's Square en route to the Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2005. Roman Catholic cardinals gather on Monday for the first time since the Pontiff's death to organise a funeral expected to draw the greatest tide of pilgrims and heads of state to the Vatican in its history. REUTERS/Max Rossi |