Pope John Paul II Is Laid to Rest

By Daniel Williams and Fred Barbash

Under a clear Vatican sky, thousands of exuberant mourners, chanting "santo" or saint, gathered in the shadow of the Basilica of St. Peter Friday and bid farewell to Pope John Paul II.

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Text: Cardinal Ratzinger's Homily From Papal Funeral

Text of the homily read, in Italian, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, during the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II. Translation provided by the Vatican.

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President Moved By Pope's Funeral Service

By Tom Raum

President Bush on Friday said that attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II was "one of the highlights of my presidency" and made clear that he disagrees with former President Clinton's assessment that the pontiff leaves a mixed legacy.

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Millions Say Farewell to Pope
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After a ceremony rich in emotion and ritual, John Paul II is quietly laid to rest in the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica.

By Tracy Wilkinson and Richard Boudreaux
Times Staff Writers

April 9 2005

VATICAN CITY; In death, as in life, he mesmerized the world. Pope John Paul II was laid in a plain cypress coffin Friday and eulogized on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica in a grand funeral that drew millions of pilgrims and leaders from all corners of the Earth.

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Pope's Storied Footmen Gladly Bear the Burden
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By Sebastian Rotella
Times Staff Writer

April 9 2005

ROME; On Friday, the pallbearer's heart was heavy.

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'The World's Father'
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The millions who gathered in Rome, Catholic as well as non-Catholic, recall how a devout man touched their lives.

By Jeffrey Fleishman
Times Staff Writer

April 9 2005

VATICAN CITY; The crowds gathered before first light Friday, swelling over bridges and through narrow streets, surging toward St. Peter's Square, where nuns knelt and boys straddled the shoulders of fathers to glimpse Pope John Paul II's coffin move through a morning of broken clouds.

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Rites Prompt Archfoes to Surprising Gestures
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Rival world leaders sit close, and the Israeli president shakes hands with his counterpart from adversary Syria.

From Times Staff Writers

April 9 2005

VATICAN CITY; Pope John Paul II would have enjoyed the coming together of the world's friends and foes.

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Whether Flower Vendors or Faux Gladiators, Romans Carry On
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By Laura King
Times Staff Writer

April 9 2005

ROME; Flower seller Giuseppe Nicosia listened to the mournful rhythm of funeral incantations on a portable radio, but at the same time kept up an enthusiastic sales pitch for passersby: Where had they ever seen redder roses? Or smelled more fragrant lilies?

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World Tunes In to Watch Rites
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Television enables the pope's followers on all continents to pay their respects and take in the solemn spectacle from the Vatican live.

By Henry Chu
Times Staff Writer

April 9 2005

RIO DE JANEIRO; It was the simple cypress coffin that moved Luiz Alves Franco Jr. to tears. Such a spiritual giant, such an extraordinary life in a wooden box that surely seemed too small.

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Movement for Pope's Swift Canonization Gathers Steam
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By Richard Boudreaux
Times Staff Writer

April 9 2005

VATICAN CITY; Pope John Paul II's funeral was barely underway when the cardinals seated near his casket got the first insistent message from the huge crowd below. "Santo Subito," said the 15-foot banner unfurled in St. Peter's Square.

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Sacred Music Borne Aloft for Centuries
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The prayerful Gregorian chants heard during the rites for John Paul II have marked Christian worship for more than a millennium.

By Chris Pasles
Times Staff Writer

April 9 2005

Apart from the tolling of church bells, the sound most associated this week with the death of Pope John Paul II has been the singing of Gregorian chant.

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A Time for Mourning, but Also for Study and Very Quiet
Politics
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Pope John Paul II's funeral Mass began a time of subtle
campaigning before the cardinals gather to elect a
successor.

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QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"We can be sure that our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the Father's house, that he sees and blesses us. Yes, bless us, Holy Father."
- CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER

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Pope Laid to Rest as World Mourns

By Alan Cooperman and Daniel Williams

VATICAN CITY, April 8 -- 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.

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North Korean Catholics Are Seen Mourning Pope
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From Associated Press

April 12 2005

PYONGYANG, North Korea; About 100 Roman Catholics here in the North Korean capital celebrated a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II at the only Catholic church in the communist nation.

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