Pilgrims pack basilica as pope's body is put on public display

Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Falling silent, whispering the rosary and clasping their hands, tens of thousands of pilgrims paid their final respects to Pope John Paul II on Monday after his body was carried on a crimson platform to St. Peter's Basilica.

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