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Photo Essay - The Vatican in Flux



Photo of gathered Catholics in St. Peter's Square singing and playing the guitar.


Catholics Gather

Pope John Paul II was an unusually garrulous and public pope, which meant that many people, young and old, Catholic and not, were touched by his life and by his death. However, the death of the pope brings the most emotional weight to practicing Catholics who loved him as a part of their day-to-day religious life. They came in thousands from countries around the world to pay their respects.

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