Posted on 04/01/2005 8:07:11 PM PST by Salvation
Pope John Paul II lies in state in Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican Thursday April 7, 2005. Police reopened St. Peter's Basilica and the huge line of pilgrims leading to it Thursday, giving the faithful a final chance to pay respects to Pope John Paul II. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Thanks for the thread.
Leaving my fingerprint for tomorrow. :)
Lots of pictures of the funeral on the live thread.
( LIVE THREAD ) Solemn Funeral Rites for Pope John Paul II (Resource Materials for those watching)
Thank you for this thread.....I'm in tears....and I'm NOT Catholic!
Pope John Paul II was quite a likeable person.
Thank you for this ping Happy, I am watching the funeral right now.
My pleasure!
I think that pic is from his Colorado World Youth visit.....the tennis shoes I remember.
Bookmarked
Thanks for this thread!
You're welcome!
A June 3, 1993 file photo showing Pope John Paul II praying in the crypt containing the sarcophagus of late Pope John XXIII, in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pope John Paul II was buried Friday, April 8, 2005 inside this crypt once occupied by Pope Paul XXIII, whose body was moved after his 2000 beatification to the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica because so many pilgrims wanted to visit his tomb. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)
Priests surround the altar during a commemorative Mass led by Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 10, 2005. Cardinals, clergy from the Roman diocese and crowds of pilgrims packed St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday for one of a nine-day series of funeral Masses known as the "Novembiales" for the late Polish pontiff who died on Saturday, April 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Statues frame the window overlooking St. Peter's square where traditionally Pope John Paul II appeared on Sundays to deliver his weekly Angelus prayer, Vatican, Sunday, April 10, 2005. Throughout his 26-year pontificate, Pope John Paul II gave public audiences on Sundays, greeting from the window of his private apartments faithful gathered in the square below. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope John Paul II waves to the faithful from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday Oct. 15, 1995. The pope developed a high fever Thursday because of a urinary tract infection and was being treated with antibiotics at the Vatican, his spokesman said. The latest health setback for the 84-year-old pontiff came one day after he began receiving nutrition through a feeding tube. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)
In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the white marble slab of Pope John Paul II's tomb is seen inside the crypt in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 9, 2005. The tomb bears the letters IOANNES PAULUS PPII, latin for Pope John Paul II, the dates of his 26-year reign and the first two letter of Christ's name in Greek, a common symbol that has roots in early Christianity. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)
Pray that the cardinal electors listen to the Holy Spirit when discerning who the next pope should be:
Adopt a cardinal here
I've adopted a cardinal to pray for, and of course I'm praying for all the cardinals, but I'm also asking the Holy Spirit to make His voice heard more loudly by Cardinal Mahony.
Your message is very much on topic. Have you seen the prayer threads and Litany of the Holy Spirit thread?
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