BIOGRAPHY 1- First Name and Middle Name: Amine Kesrouan 2- Family Name: El Khazen 3-Date of birth: 6 December 1941 4-City of …

(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)

In event of the sad demise of our holy father , the pope , this website will not be updated for the next three days (until april 5 th exept for news related to the Pope). Let us pray for the repose of the soul of our pointiff, our father the Pope Jean Paul II. Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.