Faithful file past pope's grave
Thursday, April 14, 2005
VATICAN CITY -- A single usher stood before the white slab marking the grave. Politely, he accepted religious trinkets from pilgrims filing past beyond the ropes, placing them briefly on the gravestone for a blessing and handing them back.
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