Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Photos: 2nd anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II


Pope Benedict XVI unveils a bust of the late Pope John Paul II during a benediction ceremony, held on the second anniversary of his death, at the Vatican April 2, 2007. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, of Poland, prays in front of a bust of the late Pope John Paul II during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of his death, at the Vatican, Monday, April 2, 2007. Catholic Church officials reached a key milestone in the drive to make Pope John Paul II a saint Monday, closing an investigation into his life and handing over a dossier detailing the purported miraculous cure of a nun who prayed to him. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)

Pope Benedict XVI leads a benediction ceremony for a bust of the late Pope John Paul II, held on the second anniversary of his death, at the Vatican April 2, 2007. Picture taken April 2, 2007. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)



Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a Mass in memory of the late Pope John Paul II on the second anniversary of his death, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 2, 2007. Roman Catholics marked the second anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death Monday with vigils in his native Poland and a ceremony earlier in Rome to seal shut - with red ribbons and wax - documents on the pope's life that are vital to making him a saint. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)


Pope Benedict XVI (C) arrives to attend a Mass marking the second anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 2, 2007. REUTERS/Vincenzo Pinto/Pool (VATICAN)



Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in memory of the late Pope John Paul II on the second anniversary of his death, at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 2, 2007. Roman Catholics marked the second anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death Monday with vigils in his native Poland and a ceremony earlier in Rome to seal shut — with red ribbons and wax — documents on the pope's life that are vital to making him a saint. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria (L) and Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz (R) pray over the late Pope John Paul's crypt under St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican April 2, 2007. Picture taken April 2, 2007. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)

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