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Article: JOHN PAUL THE GREAT; POPE JOHN PAUL II: POIGNANT ST PETER'S TRIBUTE BEGINS NINE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR CATHOLICSEGINS NINE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR CATHOLICS Vatican chief hails the Pope as millions head for Rome.(News)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2005
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Byline: From Pippa Crerar in Rome
THE Pope's body lay in state at the Vatican yesterday as millions all over the world prayed for his soul. After the illness and suffering that plagued his final years, John Paul II was finally at peace.
Shortly before his death,the84-year-old Pope told his closest aides: 'I am happy - you should be too. I want no tears.'
But senior church officials could not contain their grief as they filed past his body in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace.
And outside, in St Peter's Square, 130,000 ...