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Pilgrims from Poland kneel down and pray in front of the coat of arms of late Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, April 12, 2005. Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at 1430 GMT next Monday in the Sistine Chapel following a public morning Mass in St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said April 12, 2005. Once the conclave begins, the cardinals will not emerge from the Vatican until a new pope has been elected. They will hold voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel and sleep in the Casa Santa Marta hotel inside the Vatican grounds. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama |
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This picture released by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano shows cardinals in procession during a Mass for late Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday April 12, 2005. The Vatican on Wednesday will reopen the grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica to the public, giving tourists and the faithful a first look at Pope John Paul II's tomb: a spare white slab of marble, tucked into its own private niche just steps from the supposed burial place of the first pope, St. Peter. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) |
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This picture released by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano shows cardinals during a Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter 's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday April 12 2005. The Vatican on Wednesday will reopen the grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica to the public, giving tourists and the faithful a first look at Pope John Paul II's tomb: a spare white slab of marble, tucked into its own private niche just steps from the supposed burial place of the first pope, St. Peter. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) |
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German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger attends a Mass, presided over by Brazilian Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales, at the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica, April 12, 2005. Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at 1430 GMT next Monday in the Sistine Chapel following a public morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Once the conclave begins, the cardinals will not emerge from the Vatican until a new pope has been elected. They will hold voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel and sleep in the Casa Santa Marta hotel inside the Vatican grounds. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi |
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Brazilian Cardinal Eugenio Sales de Araujo celebrates a Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 12, 2005. Starting with the funeral of Pope John Paul II on Friday, Cardinals celebrate a series of funeral Masses for nine days and known as the 'Novemdiales'. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) |
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Pilgrims pay their respect before Pope John Paul II's tomb in the Vatican crypt. Thousands of pilgrims, some weeping, bore prayers and messages of love to the simple marble-slab tomb of the pope as the Vatican opened the crypt of St Peter's basilica for the first time since his burial. (AFP/Osservatore Romano/Arturo Mari) |
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Italy's Cardinal Francesco Marchisano (R) arrives for the general congregation meeting in the Vatican April 13, 2005. Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect the new Pope will start next Monday, April 18, in the Sistine Chapel following a public morning mass in St. Peter's Basilica. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi |
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People stop inside the grottos of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in front of the grave of late Pope John Paul II on the opening day to the public of the burial site, Wednesday, April 13, 2005. The grave lies just steps from the tomb traditionally believed to be that of the apostle Peter, the first pope. Many Roman Catholics believe John Paul, who died April 2 at age 84, was a saint. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) |
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Faithful and pilgrims line-up outside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 13, 2005. Hundreds of people filed past the simple white marble tomb of Pope John Paul II on Wednesday, as the Vatican re-opened the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo?Gregorio Borgia) |