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...meetings called General Congregations [which include the Cardinals over 80 who will not enter the Conclave] is how to respond to the popular calls at Pope John Paul II's funeral for a virtually instantaneous beatification that would put him on the fast-track for sainthood. According to Corriere della Sera, a petition circulating amongst Cardinals to hand to the next Pope endorses that call. Apparently not all the Cardinals have signed the petition, and if one of them is elected Pope, he can duly ignore any suggestion that the Cardinals put forth. It's a reminder, of course, that...
...Marini, the papal master of ceremonies, and Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Pope John Paul II's longtime spokesman. Getting there, through the throngs of people on the streets of Vatican City was a major challenge. Watching on TV, you will have seen the hundreds of thousands jamming onto the Via Della Conciliazione, the wide boulevard leading up to St. Peter's Basilica. But what you don't see on TV is that the parallel side streets are also packed, wall to wall. The crowd here is of a scale unlike anything I've ever seen. Rubbing shoulders with the tens...
...crowd, reluctant to leave, chanted one last time, "Giovanni Paolo! Giovanni Paolo!" Five staccato syllables and rhythmic claps, a football cheer for God's great athlete. And then it was over, and people mingled and smiled, and by late afternoon the young pilgrims had turned the Via della Conciliazione that leads away from St. Peter's into a lively promenade. They broke out coolers of soft drinks. They packed the cafés, strolled down to the Tiber River as the spring light faded. Grief had turned festive with the echo of what the Pope on his deathbed is said...
After 20 minutes, Schönborn ducked into the bronze-gilded, Vatican-owned Via della Scrofa, where he is staying along with several brother Cardinals. There they can share silence and prayer over the next few days. But there will be intense conversations too. --By Jeff Israely/Rome
...moments with well-known actresses: Andie MacDowell’s Terri Green—Woodruff’s representation of the standard upper-class, meek, weight-concerned trophy wife—undergoes a hysterical transformation that involves some “soul food” and weight gain; and Della Reese’s short-lived cameo as the elderly, grouchy Mrs. Towner, who awkwardly removes her teeth before her haircut, is uproarious...