(AP) – Presidents, prime ministers and kings from around the world joined hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, prelates and religious leaders in paying a final farewell Friday to Pope John Paul II in one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. Applause rang out in St. Peter’s Square as John Paul’s simple wooden coffin adorned with a cross and the “M” for Mary was brought out into the windy square from the basilica and placed on the ground in front of the alter. The book of the Gospel was placed on the coffin and the breeze blew the pages. (pls click “read more” to view pictures)
After the Mass ended, bells tolled and 12 pallbearers with white gloves, white ties and tails presented the coffin to the crowd one last time, and then carried it on their shoulders back inside the basilica for burial — again to sustained applause from the hundreds of thousands in the square, including dignitaries from 138 countries.
Chants of “Santo! Santo!” — urging John Paul to be elevated to sainthood immediately — echoed in the square.
The first non-Italian pope in 455 years was buried at 2:20 p.m. (8:20 a.m. EDT) in the grotto under the basilica, attended by prelates and members of the papal household, the Vatican said.
The 2 1/2-hour Mass began with the Vatican’s Sistine Choir singing the Gregorian chant, “Grant Him Eternal Rest, O Lord.” Cardinals wearing white miters walked onto the square, their red vestments blowing in the breeze.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, a close confidant of John Paul and a possible successor, presided at the Mass and referred to him as our “late beloved pope” in a homily that traced the pontiff’s life from his days as a factory worker in Nazi-occupied Poland to his final days as the head of the world’s 1 billion Catholics.
Interrupted by applause at least 10 times, the usually unflappable German-born Ratzinger choked up as he recalled one of John Paul’s last public appearances — when he blessed the faithful from his studio window on Easter.
“We can be sure that our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the father’s house, that he sees us and blesses us,” he said to applause, even among the prelates, as he pointed up to the third-floor window above the square.
“Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality — our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude,” Ratzinger said in heavily accented Italian.
He said John Paul was a “priest to the last” and said he had offered his life for God and his flock “especially amid the sufferings of his final months.”
Ratzinger was interrupted again toward the end of the Mass by several minutes of cheers, rhythmic applause and shouts of “Giovanni Paolo Santo” or “Saint John Paul,” from the crowd. The eruption of cheers came right before the Litany of Saints chant, in which the names of the saints are read.
The Mass ended with everyone standing and singing together: “May the angels accompany you into heaven, may the martyrs welcome you when you arrive, and lead you to Holy Jerusalem.”
John Paul requested in his last will and testament to be interred “in the bare earth,” and he was laid to rest among the pontiffs from centuries past near the tomb traditionally believed to be of the apostle Peter, the first pope.
The coffin was definitively closed with red bands and both papal and Vatican seals, and nested inside a second casket of zinc and then within a third of walnut. The outside casket bears the name of the pope, his cross and his papal coat of arms.
The casket was then lowered into the ground in a plot inside a small chapel, between the tombs of two women: Queen Christina of Sweden and Queen Carlotta of Cyprus, said a senior Vatican official who attended the ceremony.
Closed to the public, the service was witnessed by top Vatican prelates and performed by the camerlengo, or chamberlain, Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo. He concluded with the words: “Lord, grant him eternal rest, and may perpetual light shine upon him.”
John Paul’s tomb will be covered with a flat stone bearing his name and the dates of his birth and death.
Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the Vatican would announce in a few days when the grotto would be reopened to the public.
At least 300,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square and spilled out onto the wide Via della Conciliazione leading toward the Tiber River, but millions of others watched on giant video screens set up across Rome. Banners read “Santo Subito,” or “Sainthood Immediately.”
Many had camped out on the cobblestones in their sleeping bags, with hordes of the faithful stepping over them as they tried to secure a good spot to view the Mass.
The square and the boulevard leading to it were a sea of red and white flags waved by pilgrims from John Paul’s native Poland, many in traditional dress shouting “Polska! Polska!” Pilgrims from other countries raised their national flags in the crowd — American, Lebanese, Spanish, Croatian — and prayers were read out during the Mass in a host of languages — French, Swahili, Portuguese, among others.
“We just wanted to say goodbye to our father for the last time,” said Joanna Zmijewsla, 24, who traveled for 30 hours with her brother from a town near Kielce, Poland, arriving at St. Peter’s at 1 a.m. Friday.
American Archbishop James Harvey, head of papal protocol, greeted dignitaries and religious leaders as they emerged onto the steps of the basilica.
Turbans, fezzes, yarmulkes, black lace veils, or mantillas, joined the “zucchettos,” or skull caps, of Catholic prelates on the steps of St. Peter’s in an extraordinary mix of religious and government leaders from around the world.
“I’m here because I’m a believer but also to live a moment in history,” said Stephan Aubert, wearing a French flag draped over his shoulders.
Vatican ushers seated dignitaries who were given a chance to view John Paul’s body before it was carried out of the basilica — where it has lain in state since Monday — and into the square.
Bells tolled as the final leaders took their places on red-cushioned wooden seats. Ten minutes before the start of the funeral, the U.S. delegation arrived, headed by President Bush, and including his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and former President Bill Clinton.
President Bush sat on the aisle in the second row, next to his wife, Laura. Beside them were French President Jacques Chirac and his wife, Bernadette. The two presidents shook hands.
When Bush’s face appeared on giant screen TVs showing the ceremony, many in the crowds outside St. Peter’s Square booed and whistled.
Jewish and Muslim leaders were among the dignitaries, including the presidents of Syria and Iran, and the king of Jordan.
Rome itself was at a standstill as extraordinary security measures were put in place. Just after midnight Thursday, a ban on vehicle traffic in the city center took effect. Airspace was closed, and anti-aircraft batteries outside the city were on alert. Naval ships patrolled both the Mediterranean coast and the Tiber near Vatican City, the tiny sovereign city-state encompassed by the Italian capital.
Elite Carabinieri paramilitary police armed with automatic rifles were stationed at virtually every major intersection in Rome.
Combat jets from Italy’s air force, joined by an AWACS surveillance plane deployed by NATO, guarded against any strike from above. Italian security agencies posted snipers on rooftops.
The pope’s death on Saturday at age 84 elicited a remarkable outpouring of affection worldwide and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome, doubling its population.
In Krakow, Poland, where John Paul studied for the priesthood, about 800,000 people watched the funeral on three TV screens set up in a field. Many had spent the night around bonfires after a Thursday night Mass drew a million people.
Sirens wailed in Warsaw for three minutes to announce the start of the funeral to the Polish capital. Some 25,000 people packed Pilsudski Square where the pope celebrated Mass during his first visit to his homeland as pope.
The faithful also gathered across Africa, Asia and in the Americas to watch the service on television or to pray for John Paul.
Before the Mass, there was an intimate ceremony inside the basilica, attended only by high-ranking prelates, who placed a pouch of silver and bronze medals and a scrolled account of his life in his coffin.
The scroll said John Paul’s “love for the young” inspired him to begin World Youth Days. The account traces his life from his birth through his election as pope and mentions highlights of his papacy, including his efforts to reach out to Jews and other non-Catholics and his travels with a “tireless missionary spirit.”
His longtime private secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, and the master of the liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Piero Marini, placed a white silk veil over the pope’s face before the coffin was closed.
Dziwisz was seen weeping at several occasions during the Mass.
In his will, released by the Vatican on the eve of the funeral, John Paul gave instructions for his burial and also told Dziwisz to burn his personal notes upon his death. He also suggested he considered resigning in 2000, when his infirmities were already apparent. Revising his will just three days before a historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land, John Paul prayed that God would “help me to recognize up to what point I must continue this service.”
On Thursday, the huge bronze doors of St. Peter’s were closed to the public in preparation for the Mass. In four days, some estimates say nearly 2 million pilgrims passed by his bier to pay their last respects.
The College of Cardinals will meet beginning April 18 in its conclave to elect a successor.
Rome groaned under the weight of visitors. Side streets were clogged in a permanent pedestrian rush hour, mostly by kids with backpacks. Tent camps sprang up at the Circus Maximus and elsewhere around the city to take the spillover from hotels. Hawkers jacked up prices of everything from bottled water to papal trinkets.
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Associated Press reporters Nicole Winfield and Daniela Petroff contributed to this report.
Pope John Paul II’s coffin is carried away from St. Peter’s Square after the funeral service on its way to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters as he passes soldiers upon his arrival to the Cathedral in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 8, 2005, for a mass dedicated to Pope John Paul II. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)
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(From L) Vatican Camerlengo, Spanish Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo read prayers as other cardinals take part in a religious service for Pope John Paul II under the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to Pope John Paul on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano-Arturo Mari
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An Italian air force F-16 fighter jet flies over Rome April 7, 2005. An Italian Air Force fighter forced an executive jet with a suspected bomb on board to land on Friday near Rome, where world leaders had gathered for the funeral of Pope John Paul, an Air Force official said. Checks revealed that the plane was not carrying any bomb. Picture taken April 7, 2005. REUTERS/Aeronautica Militaire Italiana
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French President Jacques Chirac (L) shakes and with US President George W. Bush before the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican City. The pope‘s funeral mass drew a veritable United Nations of world leaders, from Afghan President Hamid Karzai to President Vicente Fox of Mexico.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
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This photo supplied by ABC News shows Charles Gibson reporting earlier in the week of April 10-16,2005, from the Vatican on the death of Pope John Paul II. The funeral Friday, April 8, 2005, was both a solemn ritual and a news event –and television networks that brought it live into American homes hours before the sun rose struggled to reconcile the two. ABC’s Peter Jennings, stricken with lung cancer, was absent from the coverage.(AP Photo/ABC News Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope John Paul II’s coffin is carried past heads of government, state and political representatives, away from St. Peter’s Square after the funeral service on its way to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (R) the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican City. The pope‘s funeral mass drew a veritable United Nations of world leaders, from Afghan President Hamid Karzai to President Vicente Fox of Mexico.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)
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Bishop James Harvey (R) welcomes President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (L) at the Vatican. The funeral mass of Pope John Paul II drew a veritable United Nations of world leaders, from Afghan President Hamid Karzai to President Vicente Fox of Mexico.(AFP/Patrick Hertzog)
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (top center) and Israeli President Moshe Katsav (left center) stand among other dignitaries during the funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, April 8, 2005. Israel’s president said he shook hands with the leaders of Syria and Iran at the funeral Friday when in his death Pope John Paul brought together Middle East foes as no man alive ever had. (Yves Herman/Reuters)
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A priest leads a mass commemorating the late Pope John Paul II at the Holy Family Church in Ramallah April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to Pope John Paul on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel
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Pope John Paul II’s coffin is carried away from St. Peter’s Square after the funeral service on its way to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange pause for a moment of silence before the opening bell, Friday, to mark the funeral of the Pope John Paul II. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Archbishop Piero Marini puts in Pope John Paul II’s coffin a small bag of commemorative medals prior to closing the coffin for burial in the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. A white silk veil covers the late pontiff’s face. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest.(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Pope John Paul II’s coffin is showed to the faithful at the end of the funeral mass prior to being taken to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican Camerlengo Spanish Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo, left, reads prayers as other cardinals take part in a religious service by the coffin of late Pope John Paul II prior to its burial in the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest.(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Pope John Paul II’s coffin is showed to the faithful at the end of the funeral mass prior to being taken to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Pope John Paul II’s coffin is carried past heads of government, state and political representatives, away from St. Peter’s Square after the funeral service on its way to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Worshippers pray in front of an image of Pope John Paul II during a mass in the Our Lady of the Apparition sanctuary in Aparecida do Norte, 170 km from Sao Paulo, April 8, 2005. In Brazil, the world’s biggest Catholic country, over five thousand people flocked to Our Lady of the Apparition sanctuary for a morning mass on the occasion of Pope‘s funeral. The sanctuary is the world’s biggest temple dedicated to Virgin Mary and Latin America’s largest pilgrimage center. They remembered history’s most-traveled pope who visited Brazil four times and blessed the sanctuary placed between Brazil’s two biggest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, during one of his visits in 1980. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
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A couple kiss after the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of mourners participated in the funeral either in St. Peter’s square or via live broadcast on the many screens disseminated in the city of Rome and in many other locations all over the World. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A candle is lit next to the portrait of the late Pope John Paul II during a mass at the Holy Family Church in Ramallah, April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to Pope John Paul on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Archbishop Stanislaw Dsiwisz, right, places a white veil over the face of late Pope John Paul II as Archbishop Piero Marini looks on, prior to closing the coffin for burial in the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest.(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
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In this photo released by the Italian Air Force Friday, April 8, 2005, an Italian Air Force F16 patrols the air space above St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 7, 2005 for security ahead of Pope John Paul II’s funeral celebrated Friday April 8. Italian news agencies are reporting Friday that two Italian F16 jet fighter intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome’s Ciampino airport, hours after the funeral of the pontiff, and escorted it to a local airport. (AP Photo/Aeronautica Militare Italiana, HO)
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Pilgrims leave the funeral of the late Pope John Paul II at Rome’s Saint Angel bridge April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
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Belgian King Albert (L) and Queen Paola (C) kneel while Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (R) look at the coffin of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and powerful joined in a final farewell to Pope John Paul on Friday at a momentous Vatican funeral watched by hundreds of millions of people across the world he had travelled. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Belgium’s Queen Paola attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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In this photo released by the Italian Air Force Friday, April 8, 2005, an Italian Air Force F16 patrols the air space above St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 7, 2005 for security ahead of Pope John Paul II’s funeral celebrated Friday April 8. Italian news agencies are reporting Friday that two Italian F16 jet fighter intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome’s Ciampino airport, hours after the funeral of the pontiff, and escorted it to a local airport. (AP Photo/Aeronautica Militare Italiana, HO)
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Poles dressed in the traditional clothing of the country’s highland region bring a gift to the funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and powerful joined in a final farewell to Pope John Paul on Friday at a momentous Vatican funeral watched by hundreds of millions of people across the world he had travelled. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Pope John Paul II’s coffin is tilted towards the crowd at the end of his funeral at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to Pope John Paul on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano-Arturo Mari
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (center row R), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (rear 3rd L) and Israeli President Moshe Katsav (center row L) stand among other dignitaries during the funeral of Pope John Paul II, in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, April 8, 2005. Afgahn President Hamid Karzai is at far left, just behind the coffin. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope John Paul II’s coffin is showed to the people prior to being taken to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest.(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Panamanian priests with red suits participate in a mass for the funeral of Pope John Paul II at theMetropolitan Cathedral in Panama City, Panama. Friday April 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
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A nun follows the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, from a window, Friday April 8, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of mourners participated in the funeral either in St. Peter’s square or via live broadcast on the many screens disseminated in the city of Rome and in many other locations all over the World. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami (centre row R), Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (rear 3rd L) and Israel’s President Moshe Katsav (centre row L) stand amongst other dignitaries during the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange pause for a moment of silence before the opening bell, Friday April 8, 2005, to mark the funeral of the Pope Joh Paul II. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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People leave the center of Rome after the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of mourners participated in the funeral either in St. Peter’s square or via live broadcast on the many screens disseminated in the city of Rome and in many other locations all over the World. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Cardinals, in red, participate in the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II, watched by world leaders, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Royalty, political power brokers and multitudes of the faithful paid their last respects to Pope at a funeral promising to be one of the largest Western religious gatherings of modern times. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, center, prays before the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. The death of John Paul II has evoked a remarkable outpouring of affection from around the world and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome, in one of the largest gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, right, greets Jordan’s King Abdullah II, back to camera, as Israeli President Moshe Katzav, center, looks on prior to the funeral for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. The death of John Paul II has evoked a remarkable outpouring of affection from around the world and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome in one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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A mourner cries during the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
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Cardinals hold onto their skull caps during a gust of wind at the funeral mass of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. The death of John Paul II has evoked a remarkable outpouring of affection from around the world and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome, in one of the largest gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Ana Cristobal, 37, lights candles at the Liberacion Plaza, Friday, April 8, 2005, in Guadalajara City, Mexico. Mexican Government declared Friday as a Day of National Sorrow honoring Pope John Paul II, who died last Saturday. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan arrives for the funeral ceremony of Pope John Paul II, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. The death of John Paul II has evoked a remarkable outpouring of affection from around the world and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome in one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Poles watch the funeral of Pope John Paul II on a videoscreen as they take part in an open air mass commemorating Pope John Paul II in Krakow, southern Poland, on Friday, April 8, 2005, on the day of the Pope‘s funeral in the Vatican. Pope John Paul II served as priest and bishop in Krakow. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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A mourner kneels during the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. MALTA OUT REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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Italy’s President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, left, opens out his hands as his wife Franca Pilla makes the sign of the cross as the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II is carried away from St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, after the funeral mass Friday, April 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A mourner kneels during the funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. MALTA OUT REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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Mexican soldiers hold the National flag as it is put at half staff at the Liberacion Plaza with Guadalajaras Cathedral seen in the background on Friday, April 8, 2005, in Guadalajara City, Mexico. Mexican Goverment declared Friday as Day of National Sorrow honoring Pope John Paul II, who died last Saturday. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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A mourner cries as others applaud in respect during the funeral for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Katarina Stoltz
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Crowds pack St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005, during the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II. Royalty, political power brokers and multitudes of the faithful will pay their last respects to the Pope at a funeral promising to be one of the largest Western religious gatherings of modern times. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope John Paul II’s coffin is lowered into the grave inside the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest.(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Leaders of the Oriental churches bless the casket of Pope‘s John Paul II as cardinals, in red, look on, during his funeral in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Tens of thousands of people jammed St. Peter’s Square to say a final farewell to Pope John Paul II in the presence of kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers for a funeral capping one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Mexican soldiers hold the National flag as it is put at half staff at the Liberacion Plaza with Guadalajaras Cathedral seen in the background, April 8, 2005, in Guadalajara City, Mexico. Mexican Goverment declared Friday as a Day of National Sorrow honoring Pope John Paul II, who died last Saturday. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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Priests gather during a funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican April 8, 2005. Some 200 heads of state, heads of government and royalty joined an ocean of humble pilgrims to say goodbye to the late pontiff on Friday at the biggest funeral in modern times. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
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U.S. President George W. Bush, bottom right, and first lady Laura Bush, walk past Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, right, Albania’s President Alfred Moisiu, center and Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, as they arrive for the funeral of Pope John Paul II outside St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. The death of John Paul II has evoked a remarkable outpouring of affection from around the world and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome in one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Hanka Rozanska from Poland cries during the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. MALTA OUT REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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Cardinals, in red, bishops and dignitaries attend Pope‘s John Paul II funeral in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Tens of thousands of people jammed St. Peter’s Square to say a final farewell to Pope John Paul II in the presence of kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers for a funeral capping one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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A mourner cries during the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. MALTA OUT REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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A Pole prays during the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of mourners participated in the funeral either in St. Peter’s square or via live broadcast on the many screens disseminated in the city of Rome and in many other locations all over the World. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Priests wave Polish (R) and U.S. flags at a funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican, April 8, 2005. Some 200 heads of state, heads of government and royalty joined an ocean of humble pilgrims to say goodbye to the late pontiff on Friday at the biggest funeral in modern times. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
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Pallbearers carry the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II with an ‘M’ for Mary on the cover, into St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the funeral mass Friday April 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)
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- Cardinals, in red, bishops and dignitaries attend Pope‘s John Paul II funeral in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Tens of thousands of people jammed St. Peter’s Square to say a final farewell to Pope John Paul II in the presence of kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers for a funeral capping one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Poles watch the funeral of Pope John Paul II on a videoscreen as they take part in an open air mass commemorating Pope John Paul II in Krakow, southern Poland, on Friday, April 8, 2005, on the day of the Pope‘s funeral in the Vatican. Pope John Paul II served as priest and bishop in Krakow. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Bishop James Harvey (R) welcomes President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (L) at the Vatican. Prince Charles shook the hand of Mugabe as they attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II, royal officials in London said in an embarrassing admission for the heir to the throne.(AFP/Patrick Hertzog)
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Polish pilgrims watch a broadcast of the funeral of the late Pope John Paul II at Rome’s Circo Massimo April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
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Cardinals sit during the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
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President George W. Bush, pictured here (C-R), with wife Laura, (C-L) said the funeral service for the late Pope John Paul II helped reaffirm his personal faith, and lauded the pontiff’s ‘strong’ legacy.(AFP/Patrick Hertzog)
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Nuns react during the funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square April 8, 2005. The poor and the powerful of the earth rubbed shoulders to say their last goodbye to the Pope on Friday as the Vatican staged one of the most momentous funerals in history for the Polish Pontiff. MALTA OUT REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, left, sits as the coffin of Pope John Paul II is welded prior to being lowered into the grave inside the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout the ages, royals and even an emperor have been laid to rest.(AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
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In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope John Paul II’s coffin is taken to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The grottos form a cramped underground cemetery beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where pontiffs throughout
