AP - Presidents, prime ministers and kings joined pilgrims and prelates in St. Peter's Square on Friday to bid an emotional farewell to Pope John Paul II at a funeral service that drew millions to Rome for the largest gathering of the powerful and the humble in modern times.
AP - Nearly 1 million people prayed in a Polish field, North Americans slipped into pews before dawn and Asians gathered by the thousands at outdoor Masses in a global goodbye to Pope John Paul II on Friday.
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Pope John Paul II was buried today in a crypt under St. Peter's Basilica after a funeral Mass attended by presidents, prime ministers and kings and watched by millions on television. After the Mass, a bell tolled as the pope's simple cypress casket was carried to its final resting place.
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