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Article: Cardinals meet as Vatican prepares basilica for public viewing of John Paul's grotto
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- April 12, 2005
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NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-12-2005
Dateline: VATICAN CITY
The College of Cardinals resumed its pre-conclave discussions about the state of the Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday as the Vatican prepared to open the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica to the public for the first time since Pope John Paul II was laid to rest there.
Starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, the public will be able to visit John Paul's simple tomb, placed in the ground and covered by a plain white-marble slab etched with his name and the dates of his pontificate.
Cardinals were expected to visit the tomb as a group on Tuesday evening following the fifth of nine Masses of mourning for John Paul, ...
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