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General view shows the around million pilgrims massed in the area around St Peter's Basilica, where the body of Pope John Paul II is lying in state, in the Vatican City. Roman Catholic cardinals set April 18 as the date they will start electing a successor to Pope John Paul II, as a million pilgrims massed at the Vatican desperate to pay their last respects. (AFP/Polizia Moderna) |
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As faithful and pilgrims, in background, queue to pay homage to the late Pope John Paul II, Italian Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi, Archbishop of Palermo, Sicily, walks in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005, after attending a meeting of the College of Cardinals. De Giorgi is one of the 117 Cardinals who will cast ballots later this month for the next head of the one billion-strong Catholic church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) |
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Crowds snake through St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005, as thousands of faithful headed to St. Peter's Basilica to say a personal farewell to Pope John Paul II. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) |
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A view of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005 as thousands of faithful lined up to say a personal farewell to Pope John Paul II. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Beatrice Larco) |
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Faithful line up to enter St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005 and say a personal farewell to Pope John Paul II. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Beatrice Larco) |
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Faithfuls wait on St. Peter's Square to enter the Basillica where the body of the Pope lies-in-state at the Vatican City early in the morning. A biblical tide of humanity thronged the streets around the Vatican City, eager to pay last respects to John Paul II as cardinals convened for a third day to make final arrangements for his funeral and set a date to begin electing his successor. (AFP/Andreas Solaro) |
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An aerial view of St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005, as thousands of faithful headed to St. Peter's Basilica to say a personal farewell to Pope John Paul II. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) |
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A faithful holds a cross as mourners queue on the road leading to St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, early Wednesday, April 6, 2005 as thousands head to St. Peter's Basilica to say a personal farewell to Pope John Paul II. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher) |
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An aerial view of St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005, as thousands of faithful headed to St. Peter's Basilica to say a personal farewell to Pope John Paul II. Rome is bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims - some predict their number may match the city's own 3 million residents - in the days preceding Friday's funeral. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) |