[NYer]

So long, Holy Father, and may God embrace you into His loving arms.

Pope John Paul II's coffin is carried away from St. Peter's Square after the funeral service on its way to the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005.

At the top of the stairs, the pallbearers turned the coffin one last time to face the people gathered. That was when I truly lost it.

Thank you for your prayers! He truly embraced all of humanity from the newborn child to the elderly cripple. The constant stream of people who thronged to Rome to say their farewells, is testimony to this man.

[Spacetrucker]

"The constant stream of people who thronged to Rome to say their farewells, is testimony to this man."

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I respectfully disagree - mayhap a matter of semantics, but the throngs of people are IMHO more an example of God's grace and blessings through this man - for without Him, we can do nothing