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To: TomB
I have seen crowds of 1 million and I can tell you that the crowd at St. Peter would almost be unnoticed im comparison.
Enlarge Pope John Paul II is solemnly transferred from the Apostolic Palace through St. Peter's Square to St. Peter's Basilica, as people chant the Litany of the Saints
Check also how this photo shows that people were NOT packed
1,021 posted on 04/09/2005 6:37:51 AM PDT by Truth666 (May the HOLY SPIRIT have mercy on the World!)
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To: Truth666
I have seen crowds of 1 million and I can tell you that the crowd at St. Peter would almost be unnoticed im comparison.

What YOU say has no bearing on the facts. And the facts are that the Square was packed and is universally acknowledged to hold 250,000-300,000.

1,022 posted on 04/09/2005 6:40:55 AM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: Truth666
I have seen crowds of 1 million and I can tell you that the crowd at St. Peter would almost be unnoticed im comparison.

"Unnoticed" indeed:

Only in your fevered imagination. It doesn't look partially empty to me. And that doesn't even include those lined all the way down the Via della Concillazione to the Tiber:


1,024 posted on 04/09/2005 9:01:45 AM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: Truth666
Pope John Paul II is solemnly transferred from the Apostolic Palace through St. Peter's Square to St. Peter's Basilica, as people chant the Litany of the Saints Check also how this photo shows that people were NOT packed

Right. The rest of us are talking about the Funeral Mass on April 8, 2005, this picture is of the transfer of the body of John Paul II to St Peter's Basilica. Of course there wouldn't be as many people, because the swell of people hadn't arrived yet for the public viewing which took place a few hours later.

1,029 posted on 04/09/2005 11:05:00 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" - Pope John Paul II)
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