Pope Laid to Rest as World Mourns; Vatican Crowd Hails John Paul II With Rallying Cry for Sainthood

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 9, 2005| Author: Alan Cooperman and Daniel Williams | Copyright information

Before they carried Pope John Paul II through the Door of the Dead to his burial place in St. Peter's Basilica, the 12 Vatican pallbearers slowly turned his cypress coffin so he would face his flock one last time.

The 300,000 or more mourners on St. Peter's Square on Friday morning -- a kneeling, standing, tearful and radiant throng of Croatian students, Filipina nuns, American teenagers and other pilgrims from countless countries -- momentarily froze. Then came the cries from thro...

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