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[[Image:Jp2lyinginstate.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Pope John Paul II lay on a papal biar at the Basilica of Saint Peter in Vatican City.]]

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The '''Funeral of Pope John Paul II''' commenced upon the death of the [[pope]] on [[April 2]], [[2005]] in [[Vatican City]]. [[Pope John Paul II]] revised the rituals of papal death, repose and burial in [[1996]] that were applied to his own [[funeral]]. The official mourning period for the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Rite]] was proclaimed for nine days with ceremonial rituals that survived millennia to celebrate the life of Pope John Paul II and mourn for his loss.

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| title = Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II

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| caption = Body of Pope John Paul II [[lying in state]]

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* {{start date|2005|04|02|df=yes}} (death)

* {{start date|2005|04|08|df=yes}} (funeral)}}

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* [[Apostolic Palace]], Vatican City (death)

* [[St. Peter's Basilica]], Vatican City (funeral)}}

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* [[College of Cardinals]] (led by then-Cardinal [[Joseph Ratzinger]], later Pope Benedict XVI)

* [[List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Pope John Paul II|Various dignitaries worldwide]]}}

}}On 2 April 2005, at 21:37 [[Central European Time|CET]] (UTC+1), [[Pope John Paul II]] died at the age of 84 in his private apartment at the [[Apostolic Palace]] in [[Vatican City]]. His [[Catholic funeral|funeral]], held on 8 April, was one of the largest gatherings of [[Christianity]]'s faithful in history, with approximately four million mourners converging on [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2005 |title=Millions mourn Pope at history's largest funeral |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/millions-mourn-pope-at-historys-largest-funeral-757246.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201121502/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/millions-mourn-pope-at-historys-largest-funeral-757246.html |archive-date=1 December 2008 |access-date=19 October 2008 |work=The Independent |___location=London}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news |last=Holmes |first=Stephanie |date=9 April 2005 |title=City of Rome celebrates 'miracle' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4428149.stm |access-date=4 March 2008 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The ceremonies followed the revised papal funerary rites that John Paul II himself had established in 1996 through the [[apostolic constitution]] {{lang|la|[[Universi Dominici gregis]]}}, which governed both the selection of his successor and the rituals surrounding his death and burial.<ref>{{cite web |title=Universi Dominici gregis |url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506074146/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html |archive-date=6 May 2007 |access-date=4 March 2008}}</ref>

The funeral rites included a [[lying in state]] at [[St. Peter's Basilica]], a Mass of Repose, and a [[Requiem Mass]] celebrated by Cardinal [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Ratzinger]], then [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]]. John Paul II's burial was conducted according to his wishes for simplicity, and he was interred beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Dignitaries and religious leaders were present from around the world, including [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch]] [[Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]]—the first such attendance since the [[East–West Schism]].<ref name="AmericanMorning" /> Many countries declared periods of [[national mourning]],<ref>{{cite web |title=World unites in mourning Pope's death |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/4/3/world-unites-in-mourning-popes-death}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 April 2005 |title=Mourning the Pope around the world |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4424189.stm}}</ref> and prayers were offered worldwide for the late pope.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2025 |title=Prayer for Pope John Paul II Dies |url=https://www.prayerprompt.org/prayer-for-pope-john-paul-ii-dies/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |website=Prayer Prompt}}</ref> The funeral was followed by the ''Novendiales'', nine days of official mourning and [[Liturgy|liturgical]] observances.

Coinciding with the funeral in Vatican City, [[archbishop]]s and [[bishop]]s at [[cathedral]]s throughout the world celebrated memorial [[mass]]es for grieving Roman Catholics. A historical rarity, [[Protestant]] [[Christian]] leaders offered memorials and prayers of their own for their grieving congregants. Leaders of [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]] offered the same. The Funeral of Pope John Paul II will be the first in which the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] who is leader of the [[Church of England]] and the [[Anglican Communion]] will be present, as well as large representation from the [[Jewish]] and [[Muslim]] faiths.

In the subsequent [[2005 papal conclave|conclave]] 12 days later, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected as his successor, taking the name Benedict XVI.

==Mass of repose==

[[Image:Jpii-state2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Guarded by the Swiss Guards as the Cardinals pay their respects, Pope John Paul II lay in state.]]

A mass of repose of the soul of the Holy Father led by [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]] was held on [[Sunday]], [[April 3]], [[2005]], to celebrate his life, followed at noon by a recitation of the [[Regina Coeli]].

==Lying inDeath state==

{{See also|Health of Pope John Paul II}}

After the ''[[camerlengo]]'' ceremonially confirmed the death of Pope John Paul II, he was dressed in his crimson robes and white pontiff mitre. He was moved to the Clementine Room in the [[Apostolic Palace]] on [[Sunday]], [[April 3]] for private viewing by Vatican officials and some invited government officials, mainly from [[Italy]]. His body was laid on a sloped, olive-sheeted bed, propped up on a stack of gold pillows.

On 2 April 2005, [[Joaquín Navarro-Valls]], director of the [[Holy See Press Office]], announced that John Paul II had died that day, at 84 years old, at 21:37 ([[Central European Time|CET]],UTC+2 ) in his private apartment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2005 |title=Pope John Paul II Dies at 84 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/Pope/story?id=630321&page=1 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

==Rite of papal death==

On [[Monday]], [[April 4]], members of the [[Swiss Guard]] moved his body to a biar covered in red, laying him on a stack of red pillows, and bore his body to [[St. Peter's Basilica]] for the public to view him. People will be allowed to see him and pay their respects through [[Thursday]], [[April 7]].

[[File:JPII on bier.jpg|thumb|right|Pope John Paul II's body is laid in [[St. Peter's Basilica]] for private visitation by Vatican officials and foreign dignitaries. Among the Americans in the photograph are then US President [[George W. Bush]], his father [[George H. W. Bush]], his wife [[Laura Bush]], and former president [[Bill Clinton]], Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]], and [[Andrew Card]].]]John Paul II's funeral was the first funeral celebrated according to the ''[[Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis]]'', the [[liturgical book]] for papal funerals, which he had approved in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cultodivino.va/en/attivita/2024/ordo-exsequiarum-romani-pontificis.html|title=Vatican publishes new edition of funeral rites for Roman Pontiff|date=29 November 2024|access-date=21 April 2025|publisher=[[Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]]|website=cultodivino.va}}</ref> When John Paul II died, the Camerlengo [[Eduardo Martínez Somalo]] removed the Pope's [[Ring of the Fisherman]] from his finger, then ceremonially crushed it with the ceremonial silver [[hammer]] in the presence of members of the [[College of Cardinals]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4451483.stm |title=Europe &#124; Pontiff's seal and ring destroyed |work=BBC News |date=16 April 2005 |access-date=5 May 2009}}</ref>

While his predecessors had been [[embalming|embalmed]] after death, the Vatican claimed that Pope John Paul II was not embalmed and [[lying in state|lay in state]] without normal treatment for preservation, which is evident by the grey colour taken on by the body. Also, it was customary for popes to have their organs removed after death. [[Pope Pius X]] ended this practice during his reign, and the wish of some Poles that John Paul II's [[heart]] be buried in [[Poland]] was not obliged.<ref name="CNN050404">{{cite news |title=CNN Transcript from 4 April 2005 |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ltm/date/2005-04-04/segment/01 |access-date=4 March 2008}}</ref>

==Mass and interment==

===Mass of Repose===

The Vatican has announced that the Pope's funeral is scheduled to take place in [[St. Peter's Square]] on [[Friday]], [[April 8]], [[2005]], at 10:00am [[CEST]] (08:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]). A [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] will be held before the pontiff is interred in the [[Tomb of the Popes]] beneath [[St. Peter's Basilica]]. The Pope will not be buried in his native Poland as had been rumored by some, causing some Poles to consider asking the Vatican for the pontiff's heart so that it may be placed in [[Wawel|Wawel Cathedral]], the historic resting place of some of Poland's greatest kings.

A first Mass of Repose, such as is offered for anyone [[baptism|baptised]] in the Catholic Church, commemorating the sending of the soul to God, was led by Cardinal [[Angelo Sodano]], [[Cardinal Secretary of State]], on 3 April 2005, the day after the death of the Pope. That Sunday liturgy coincided with the celebration of the [[Feast of Divine Mercy]], a feast instituted by Pope John Paul II himself.<ref name="Homily">{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/gpII/documents/sodano-suffragio-jp-ii_20050403_en.html |title=Eucharistic Concelebration for the Repose of the Soul of Pope John Paul II: Homily of Card. Angelo Sodano |date=3 April 2005 |publisher=[[Holy See|The Holy See]] |access-date = 10 February 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225040959/https://www.vatican.va/gpII/documents/sodano-suffragio-jp-ii_20050403_en.html |archive-date=25 December 2008 }}</ref> The service was followed by the recitation of the [[Regina Caeli]], at which [[Archbishop]] [[Leonardo Sandri]], [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Substitute of the Secretariat of State]] read out the words that John Paul II himself wrote for the occasion and was due to recite.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regina Cæli, 3 April 2005, Eucharistic celebration for the repose of the soul of His Holiness John Paul II - Divine Mercy Sunday &#124; John Paul II|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/angelus/2005/documents/hf_jp-ii_reg_20050403_divina-misericordia.html|access-date=22 January 2023|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>

==Rite of Visitation==

[[Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger]], the Dean of the College of Cardinals and John Paul II's closest associate, will preside over the funeral.

[[File:Pope johnpaul funeral politics.jpeg|thumb|right|The [[Papal gentlemen]] carry the coffin into St. Peter's Square. Standing in the front row are, from left to right, President [[Chen Shui-bian]] of [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] ([[Political status of Taiwan|represented as China]]), First Lady [[Marisa Letícia da Silva]] and President [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] of Brazil, President [[Georgi Parvanov]] of Bulgaria, President [[Borislav Paravac]] of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and First Lady Elvira Salinas de Mesa and President [[Carlos Mesa]] of Bolivia.]]The body of John Paul II was dressed in his vestments and moved to the [[Clementine Hall]] on the third level (considered the second floor) of the [[Apostolic Palace]] on 3 April.<ref name="CNN050404" />

==Requiem Mass==

==Prominent likely attendees==

Cardinal [[Joseph Ratzinger]] celebrated the [[Requiem|Mass of Requiem]] on 8 April at 10:00&nbsp;am [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] (08:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) by virtue of his office as [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]].<ref name="ChicagoTrib">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32320385_ITM |title=Chicago Tribune |access-date=4 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201160622/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32320385_ITM |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref>

===Processional===

As the Mass of Requiem began, the doors of St. Peter's Basilica were locked with dignitaries asked to stand outside the church. Only the College of Cardinals and the patriarchs and presiding metropolitans of the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] were allowed inside for a private ceremony in which John Paul was placed in a cypress coffin, the first of three.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4424477.stm| title=BBC 8 April 2005|access-date=4 March 2008 | date=8 April 2005 | work=BBC News}}</ref> Before being laid in the coffin, Archbishops Marini and [[Stanisław Dziwisz]] had the honour of placing a white silk veil over the face of the pope (a tradition started by Leo XIII). It was his last official act of service to the pope as his papal secretary.<ref name="AmericanMorning">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6529535_ITM|title=''American Morning'' report, April 8, 2005|access-date=4 March 2008 | work=International Wire | date=8 April 2005}}</ref>

More than 200 heads of state and government are expected to attend the funeral. The Vatican's official list of invitees has not yet been made public. Here are some who are expected to receive invitations:

===Homily===

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After kissing the text of the Book of the Gospels, Cardinal Ratzinger stood before the congregants to offer the [[homily]], which included references to the life and service of Pope John Paul II. He spoke in Italian, first greeting the many political figures and religious leaders that had gathered; and then told the story of how the young Karol had answered the Lord's call and became a priest after the persecution of the [[Nazis]], the answer of the command: "Follow me!" Cardinal Ratzinger also told of John Paul II's life as a bishop, cardinal, and pope, frequently applying [[Catholic Bible|scripture]] to the pope's life. Finally, he told of the pope's [[Marian devotions|devotion to Mary]] and the [[Divine Mercy]] of [[God in Christianity|God]]. The cardinal's last words were about the end of Pope John Paul II's life: "We entrust your dear soul to the Mother of God, your Mother, who guided you each day and who will guide you now to the eternal glory of her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/gpII/documents/homily-card-ratzinger_20050408_en.html|title=Funeral mass of the Roman Pontiff John Paul II: Homily of His Eminence Card. Joseph Ratzinger|date=8 April 2005|access-date=30 July 2012|publisher=Holy See}}</ref>

Some construed the ending of the homily to mean that the pope had already entered into [[Heaven in Christianity|heaven]], and had become a [[saint]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/international/worldspecial2/13saintcnd.html?hp&ex=1113364800&en=d6e61bcccdb2b7bb&ei=5094&partner=homepage | work=The New York Times | title=Cardinals Lobby for Swift Sainthood for John Paul II | first=Daniel J. | last=Wakin | date=12 April 2005 | access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref>

===Heads of State===

===Rite of Interment===

*[[Valdas Adamkus]], [[List of Lithuanian rulers|President of Lithuania]]

[[File:Papst Johannes Paul II. - 1. Grabmal (2005-2011) 2.jpg|right|thumb|Pope John Paul II was buried in this underground crypt. His remains were removed from this crypt in 2011 in preparation for his beatification.]]

*[[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]], [[List of Belgian monarchs|King of the Belgians]], and [[Paola of Belgium|Queen Paola]]

The people of [[Poland]] had wished for the [[heart]] of John Paul II to be removed from his body and transferred to [[Wawel Cathedral]] to be buried alongside the greatest of Poland's monarchs and National [[hero]]es. Cardinal Martínez Somalo said that the request would not be obliged, as per John Paul's wish not to have any parts of his body removed during preparation for the funeral.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tomov |first1=Nikola |title=Preserving the Pontiff: an Account of the Body Preservation Methods Used by the Roman Catholic Church |journal=Acta Morphologica et Anthropologica |volume=25 |issue=1–2 |pages=117–121 |url=http://www.iempam.bas.bg/journals/acta/acta25a/117-121.pdf}}</ref>{{not in citation given|date=May 2025}}

*[[Bashar al-Assad]], [[List of Presidents of Syria|President of Syria]]

*[[Traian B&#259;sescu]], [[List of Presidents of Romania|President of Romania]]

*[[Óscar Berger]], [[Presidents of Guatemala|President of Guatemala]]

*[[George W. Bush]], [[President of the United States]] and [[Laura Bush]]

*[[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]], [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]] and [[Silvia of Sweden|Queen Silvia]]

*[[Fidel Castro]], [[President of Cuba]]

*[[Jacques Chirac]], [[President of France]] and [[Bernadette Chodron de Courcel|Bernadette Chirac]]

*[[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]], [[List of Presidents of Italy|President of Italy]]

*[[Janez Drnovsek|Janez Drnov&#353;ek]], [[President of Slovenia]]

*[[Heinz Fischer]], [[President of Austria]]

*[[Vicente Fox]], [[President of Mexico]]

*[[Ivan Gasparovic|Ivan Ga&#353;parovi&#269;]], [[President of Slovakia]]

*[[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Hans-Adam II]], [[List of Princes of Liechtenstein|Prince of Liechtenstein]] and [[Marie Aglaë, Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau|Princess Marie Aglaë]]

*[[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Henri]], [[Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] and [[Maria Teresa Mestre|Grand Duchess Maria Teresa]]

*[[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]], [[List of Spanish monarchs|King of Spain]] and [[Sofía of Spain|Queen Sofia]]

*[[Mohammad Khatami]], [[President of Iran]]

*[[Václav Klaus]], [[List of presidents of the Czech Republic|President of the Czech Republic]]

*[[Horst Köhler]], [[President of Germany]]

*[[Aleksander Kwasniewski|Aleksander Kwa&#347;niewski]], [[List of Presidents of Poland|President of Poland]]

*[[Émile Lahoud]], [[List of Presidents of Lebanon|President of Lebanon]]

*[[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], [[President of Brazil]]

*[[Ferenc Mádl]], [[List of Hungarian rulers|President of Hungary]]

*[[Svetozar Marovic|Svetozar Marovi&#263;]], [[President of Serbia and Montenegro]]

*[[Mary McAleese]], [[President of Ireland]]

*[[Stjepan Mesic]], [[Presidents of Croatia|President of Croatia]]

*[[Alfred Moisiu]], [[List of Presidents of Albania|President of Albania]]

*[[Abel Pacheco]], [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President of Costa Rica]]

*[[Georgi Purvanov]], [[List of Presidents of Bulgaria|President of Bulgaria]]

*[[Arnold Rüütel]], [[President of Estonia]]

*[[Jorge Sampaio]], [[List of Presidents of Portugal|President of Portugal]]

*[[Samuel Schmid]], [[President of Switzerland]]

*[[Vaira Vike-Freiberga]], [[List of Presidents of Latvia|President of Latvia]]

Cardinal Martínez Somalo, Camerlengo of the Roman Church, then presided over the Rite of Interment. It was a private service witnessed only by the highest-ranking members of the College of Cardinals. As is custom, Pope John Paul II was entombed in three nested coffins. The cypress coffin was sealed and tied with three red silk ribbons.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4424477.stm |title=World &#124; Europe &#124; Pope buried in St Peter's crypt |work=BBC News |date=8 April 2005 |access-date=5 May 2009}}</ref>

===Heads of Government===

*[[Bertie Ahern]], [[Prime Minister of Ireland]]

*[[Marek Belka]], [[List of Polish Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Poland]]

*[[Silvio Berlusconi]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Italy|Prime Minister of Italy]]

*[[Tony Blair]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]

*[[Mikhail Fradkov]], [[Prime Minister of Russia]]

*[[Janez Jansa|Janez Jan&#353;a]], [[Prime Minister of Slovenia]]

*[[Jean-Claude Juncker]], Prime Minister of [[Luxembourg]] and current President of the [[European Council]]

*[[Lee Hai-chan]], [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea]]

*[[Paul Martin]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]] and [[Sheila Martin]]

*[[Gerhard Schröder]], [[Chancellor of Germany]]

*[[Wolfgang Schüssel]], [[Chancellor of Austria]]

*[[Guy Verhofstadt]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Belgium|Prime Minister of Belgium]]

*[[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]], [[President of the Government of Spain|Prime Minister of Spain]]

*[[Matti Vanhanen]], [[Prime Minister of Finland|Prime Minister]] of [[Finland]]

*[[Jan Peter Balkenende]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]]

The unified coffin was lowered into the ground, as the Pope requested, and covered with a plain stone slab featuring his name and dates of his pontificate. Pope John Paul II asked that his burial be like that of [[Pope Paul VI]], not in an elaborate [[sarcophagus]] and ornate above-ground tomb, but in "bare earth".<ref>{{cite news|last=Willey |first=David |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4442523.stm |title=World &#124; Europe &#124; Venerable resting place for the Pope |work=BBC News |date=13 April 2005 |access-date=5 May 2009}}</ref> His remains lay in this tomb for six years before it was exhumed to prepare for [[Beatification of Pope John Paul II|his beatification in 2011]].

===Other government officials and government representatives===

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*[[Kofi Annan]], [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]]

*[[José Manuel Durão Barroso|Durão Barroso]], [[President of the European Commission]]

*[[Rafael Bielsa]], Foreign Minister of [[Argentina]]

*[[Jean Charest]], [[Premier of Quebec]]

*[[Vuk Draskovic|Vuk Dra&#353;kovi&#263;]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of [[Serbia and Montenegro]]

*[[Diogo Freitas do Amaral]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of [[Portugal]]

*[[Alí Rodríguez]], Foreign Minister of [[Venezuela]]

*[[Ibrahim Rugova]], [[President of Kosovo]]

*[[Dimitrij Rupel]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of [[Slovenia]] and Chairman-in-Office of the [[OSCE]]

*[[Silvan Shalom]], Foreign Minister of [[Israel]]

*[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]], [[Vice President of India]]

*[[Francisco Santos Calderón]], Vice President of [[Colombia]]

==Dignitaries==

===Religious officials===

{{main|List of dignitaries at the funeral of Pope John Paul II}}

*[[Rowan Williams]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]

==Novendiales==

===Controversies===

One of the most controversial honourees was Cardinal [[Bernard Francis Law]], [[Archpriest]] of the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore]], scheduled to preside a [[wiktionary:novendial#English|novendial]] on 11 April. During his tenure as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Archbishop of Boston]], Cardinal Law was accused of having mishandled cases of [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sexual abuse]] at the hands of diocesan priests. The event sparked the nationwide [[Catholic sex abuse cases|Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal]] in the [[List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States|dioceses of the United States]].<ref name="BBC-Law">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4432283.stm |title=BBC: Victims protest against Rome Mass|access-date=4 March 2008 | date=11 April 2005 | work=BBC News}}</ref>

Several members of the [[Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests]] (SNAP) flew to Rome to protest saying Cardinal Law's place of honour was painful to sexual abuse victims and embarrassing to Catholics. Just as the group's members arrived at St. Peter's Basilica, led by founder [[Barbara Blaine]], police officers escorted them outside the confines of St. Peter's Square. Blaine was unable to pass out fliers to people walking into the Mass offered by Cardinal Law.<ref name="BBC-Law"/>

===Other personalities===

*[[George H. W. Bush]], former [[President of the United States]]

Blaine had earlier told reporters in a press conference, "We are the sons and daughters of the Catholic family who were raped, sodomized and sexually molested by priests. At this time, we should be able to focus on the Holy Father's death, instead of Cardinal Law's prominence."<ref name="BBC-Law"/>

*[[Jimmy Carter]], former [[President of the United States]]

*[[Charles, Prince of Wales]]

*[[Bill Clinton]], former [[President of the United States]]

*[[Sonja, Queen of Norway]]

*[[Lech Walesa|Lech Wa&#322;&#281;sa]], former [[President of Poland]]

==See also==

{{Portal|Catholic Church|Vatican City|2000s}}

* [[Testament of Pope John Paul II]]

* [[Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI]]

* [[Death and funeral of Pope Francis]]

* [[Roman Catholic Church]]

* [[List of largest funerals]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==Further reading==

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4442523.stm Venerable resting place for the Pope], ''BBC News''

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4424477.stm John Paul buried in St Peter's crypt on 8 April 2005 at 2:30pm], ''BBC News''

== External links ==

{{wikinews|Funeral of Pope John Paul II takes place}}

* {{commonscat-inline|Funeral of Ioannes Paulus II}}

* [https://www.vatican.va/gpII/bulletin/B0184-XX.02.pdf Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office – No. 0184]

* [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/television/multimedia/archivio_en.html Archived films of events during the Vacant See (including the funeral)] (Vatican TV)

* [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2005/documents/ns_lit_doc_20050408_messa-esequiale-jp-ii_it.html Link to official funeral rites programme from the Vatican. Text mainly in Latin and Italian, including other languages heard in the service]

* [https://www.vatican.va/gpII/documents/rogito-jp-ii_20050408_lt.html Text of eulogy buried with Pope John Paul II (Latin)]

* [http://www.ewtn.com/JohnPaul2/_mourning/proclamation.asp Text of eulogy buried with Pope John Paul II (English translation)]

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* [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050403/ts_nm/pope_dc&e=1 Pope John Paul Dies, World Mourns]

* [http://www.vatican.va/gpII/bulletin/B0184-XX.02.pdf Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office - No. 0184]

* [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html The Apostolic constitution of John Paul II, Supreme Pontiff, ''Universi Dominici Gregis:'' on the vacancy of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff]

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