Robert Holloway
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/ 8 April 2005

Pope’s funeral gets under way

The funeral of Pope John Paul II, one of the largest in history, began on Friday on a windswept St Peter’s Square with an open-air requiem Mass attended by world leaders, Roman Catholic cardinals and a multitude of pilgrims. To the tolling of a bell, the pope’s coffin was carried out by 12 black-garbed Vatican officials.