Litany of the Saints can have a powerful effect.

From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | Date: April 2, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Tim Townsend

A year ago this week, an ancient chant calmed and connected more than a billion souls mourning the death of Pope John Paul II.

As a dozen white-gloved footmen carried the pope's body through the crowd in St. Peter's Square two days after he died, a lone, unseen voice called out the names of saints. Name after name, each with the same intonation. After each name, the mourners responded: "Pray for him."

Four days later, on April 8, 2005, the Litany of the Saints would be recited again at the pope's funeral.

"When the Christian soul in distress ...

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