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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:#aaa solid 1px"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG/240px-Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG/360px-Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG/480px-Giovanni_Paolo_II_0013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The body of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> <a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">lying in state</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>2 April 2005<span class="noprint">; 19 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2005-04-02</span>)</span> (death)</li><li>8 April 2005<span class="noprint">; 19 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2005-04-08</span>)</span> (funeral)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> (death)</li><li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a>, Vatican City (funeral)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Participants</th><td class="infobox-data attendee" style="text-align: left;">The <a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College of Cardinals</a> (led by then-Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Joseph Ratzinger</a>), <a href="/wiki/List_of_dignitaries_at_the_state_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Pope John Paul II">various dignitaries worldwide</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 2 April 2005, <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> died at the age of 84. His <a href="/wiki/Catholic_funeral" title="Catholic funeral">funeral</a> was held on 8 April, followed by the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/novendial#English" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:novendial">novendiales</a> <a href="/wiki/Catholic_devotions" title="Catholic devotions">devotional</a> in which the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> observed nine days of <a href="/wiki/Mourning" title="Mourning">mourning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN050404_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN050404-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1996 Pope John Paul II had introduced revisions to papal funeral ceremonies, including changes to repose and burial formalities. These revisions were enacted through the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">apostolic constitution</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Universi_Dominici_gregis" title="Universi Dominici gregis">Universi Dominici gregis</a></i></span>, and applied to his own funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The funeral had around four million <a href="/wiki/Mourner" title="Mourner">mourners</a> gathering in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> in the wake of his death.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ecumenical Patriarch <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_I_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartholomew I of Constantinople">Bartholomew I of Constantinople</a> was in the honorary first seat in the section reserved for churches not in <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">full communion</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. This was the first time an <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_patriarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical patriarch">ecumenical patriarch</a> attended a papal funeral since the <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">East–West Schism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AmericanMorning_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmericanMorning-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 April 2005, <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Navarro-Valls" title="Joaquín Navarro-Valls">Joaquín Navarro-Valls</a>, director of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See_Press_Office" title="Holy See Press Office">Holy See Press Office</a>, announced that John Paul II had died that day, at 84 years old, at 9:37 p.m. in his private apartment.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rite_of_papal_death">Rite of papal death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rite of papal death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When John Paul II died, the Camerlengo <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Mart%C3%ADnez_Somalo" title="Eduardo Martínez Somalo">Eduardo Martínez Somalo</a> removed the Pope's <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_the_Fisherman" title="Ring of the Fisherman">Ring of the Fisherman</a> from his finger, then ceremonially crushed it with the ceremonial silver <a href="/wiki/Hammer" title="Hammer">hammer</a> in the presence of members of the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College of Cardinals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> While his predecessors had been <a href="/wiki/Embalming" title="Embalming">embalmed</a> after death, the Vatican claimed that Pope John Paul II was not embalmed and <a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">lay in state</a> 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. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pope Pius X</a> ended this practice during his reign, and the wish of some Poles that John Paul II's <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> be buried in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> was not obliged.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN050404_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN050404-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg/220px-Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg/330px-Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg/440px-Body_of_John_Paul_II_Daniel_Scioli.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="327" /></a><figcaption>The body of Pope John Paul II exposed to the faithful in the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Basilica">Vatican Basilica</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_of_Repose">Mass of Repose</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mass of Repose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A first Mass of Repose, such as is offered for anyone <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptised</a> in the Catholic Church, commemorating the sending of the soul to God, was led by Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Sodano" title="Angelo Sodano">Angelo Sodano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Secretary_of_State" title="Cardinal Secretary of State">Cardinal Secretary of State</a>, on 3 April 2005, the day after the death of the Pope. That Sunday liturgy coincided with the celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_Divine_Mercy" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast of Divine Mercy">Feast of Divine Mercy</a>, a feast instituted by Pope John Paul II himself.<sup id="cite_ref-Homily_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Homily-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service was followed by the recitation of the <a href="/wiki/Regina_Caeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Regina Caeli">Regina Caeli</a>, at which <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_Sandri" title="Leonardo Sandri">Leonardo Sandri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_State_(Holy_See)" title="Secretariat of State (Holy See)">Substitute of the Secretariat of State</a> read out the words that John Paul II himself wrote for the occasion and was due to recite.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rite_of_Visitation">Rite of Visitation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rite of Visitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JPII_on_bier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/JPII_on_bier.jpg/220px-JPII_on_bier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/JPII_on_bier.jpg/330px-JPII_on_bier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/JPII_on_bier.jpg/440px-JPII_on_bier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="339" /></a><figcaption>Pope John Paul II's body is laid in <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a> for private visitation by Vatican officials and foreign dignitaries. Among the Americans in the photograph are then US President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, his father <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>, his wife <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a>, and former president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Card" title="Andrew Card">Andrew Card</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The body of John Paul II was dressed in his vestments and moved to the <a href="/wiki/Clementine_Hall" title="Clementine Hall">Clementine Hall</a> on the third level (considered the second floor) of the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a> on 3 April.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN050404_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN050404-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mourners_at_JPII_Funeral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mourners_at_JPII_Funeral.jpg/220px-Mourners_at_JPII_Funeral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Mourners_at_JPII_Funeral.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>By 6 April, a million people had seen John Paul II's remains lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. An estimated total of four million people, in addition to the over three million residents of Rome, were expected to make the pilgrimage to see the Pope.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Requiem_Mass">Requiem Mass</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Requiem Mass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg/220px-Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg/330px-Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg/440px-Pope_johnpaul_funeral_politics.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="1654" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Papal_gentlemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal gentlemen">Papal gentlemen</a> carry the coffin into St. Peter's Square. Standing in the front row are, from left to right, President <a href="/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a> of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Taiwan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan" title="Political status of Taiwan">represented as China</a>), First Lady <a href="/wiki/Marisa_Let%C3%ADcia_da_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="Marisa Letícia da Silva">Marisa Letícia da Silva</a> and President <a href="/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva" title="Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva">Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva</a> of Brazil, President <a href="/wiki/Georgi_Parvanov" title="Georgi Parvanov">Georgi Parvanov</a> of Bulgaria, President <a href="/wiki/Borislav_Paravac" title="Borislav Paravac">Borislav Paravac</a> of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and First Lady Elvira Salinas de Mesa and President <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Mesa" title="Carlos Mesa">Carlos Mesa</a> of Bolivia.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ratzinger" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Ratzinger">Joseph Ratzinger</a> celebrated the <a href="/wiki/Requiem" title="Requiem">Mass of Requiem</a> on 8 April at 10:00 am <a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a> (08:00 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>), by virtue of his office as <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_College_of_Cardinals" title="Dean of the College of Cardinals">Dean of the College of Cardinals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChicagoTrib_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Processional">Processional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Processional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marini_venerates_casket.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Marini_venerates_casket.jpg/220px-Marini_venerates_casket.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Marini_venerates_casket.jpg/330px-Marini_venerates_casket.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Marini_venerates_casket.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="282" /></a><figcaption>The placement of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of the Gospels">Book of the Gospels</a> by Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Piero_Marini" title="Piero Marini">Piero Marini</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Konrad_Krajewski" title="Konrad Krajewski">Konrad Krajewski</a> (right) upon the casket of Pope John Paul II, a typical act during the funeral of a Catholic bishop.</figcaption></figure><p> 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 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> were allowed inside for a private ceremony in which John Paul was placed in a cypress coffin, the first of three.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before being laid in the coffin, Archbishops Marini and <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Dziwisz" title="Stanisław Dziwisz">Stanisław Dziwisz</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-AmericanMorning_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmericanMorning-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Funeral_square_shot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Funeral_square_shot.jpg/220px-Funeral_square_shot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Funeral_square_shot.jpg/330px-Funeral_square_shot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Funeral_square_shot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="262" /></a><figcaption>The front of St. Peter's Square was filled with cardinals, bishops, priests, and foreign dignitaries</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homily">Homily</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Homily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After kissing the text of the Book of the Gospels, Cardinal Ratzinger stood before the congregants to offer the <a href="/wiki/Homily" title="Homily">homily</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Nazis" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazis">Nazis</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bible" title="Catholic Bible">scripture</a> to the pope's life. Finally, he told of the pope's <a href="/wiki/Marian_devotions" title="Marian devotions">devotion to Mary</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine Mercy">Divine Mercy</a> of <a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a>. 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".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Some construed the ending of the homily to mean that the pope had already entered into <a href="/wiki/Heaven_in_Christianity" title="Heaven in Christianity">heaven</a>, and had become a <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JPII_with_pallbearers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/JPII_with_pallbearers.jpg/220px-JPII_with_pallbearers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/JPII_with_pallbearers.jpg/330px-JPII_with_pallbearers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/JPII_with_pallbearers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>Borne on the shoulders of the <a href="/wiki/Papal_gentlemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal gentlemen">Papal gentlemen</a>, the coffin of Pope John Paul II is taken from the altar for the Rite of Interment. Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Piero_Marini" title="Piero Marini">Piero Marini</a>, then-Master of Pontifical Liturgical Ceremonies, preceded the casket.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rite_of_Interment">Rite of Interment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rite of Interment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The people of <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> had wished for the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> of John Paul II to be removed from his body and transferred to <a href="/wiki/Wawel_Cathedral" title="Wawel Cathedral">Wawel Cathedral</a> to be buried alongside the greatest of Poland's monarchs and National <a href="/wiki/Hero" title="Hero">heroes</a>. Cardinal Martínez Somalo said that the request would not be obliged, as per the dead Pope's wish not to have any parts of his body removed during preparation for the funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_(2005-2011)_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_%282005-2011%29_2.jpg/220px-Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_%282005-2011%29_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_%282005-2011%29_2.jpg/330px-Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_%282005-2011%29_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_%282005-2011%29_2.jpg/440px-Papst_Johannes_Paul_II._-_1._Grabmal_%282005-2011%29_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Pope John Paul II was buried in this underground crypt. His remains were removed from this crypt in 2011 in preparation for his beatification.</figcaption></figure> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a>, not in an elaborate <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a> and ornate above-ground tomb, but in "bare earth".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His remains lay in this tomb for six years before it was exhumed to prepare for <a href="/wiki/Beatification_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Beatification of Pope John Paul II">his beatification in 2011</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dignitaries">Dignitaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Dignitaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_dignitaries_at_the_state_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Pope John Paul II">List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Pope John Paul II</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_W._Bush_John_Paul_II_funeral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/George_W._Bush_John_Paul_II_funeral.jpg/220px-George_W._Bush_John_Paul_II_funeral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/George_W._Bush_John_Paul_II_funeral.jpg/330px-George_W._Bush_John_Paul_II_funeral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/George_W._Bush_John_Paul_II_funeral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="283" /></a><figcaption>Dignitaries from around the world pray during the funeral; as seen: <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">King Albert II</a> & <a href="/wiki/Queen_Paola_of_Belgium" title="Queen Paola of Belgium">Queen Paola of Belgium</a>, Prince <a href="/wiki/Henrik,_Prince_Consort_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark">Henrik of Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a> of France and Ms. <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Chirac" title="Bernadette Chirac">Bernadette Chirac</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Portugal" title="President of Portugal">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sampaio" title="Jorge Sampaio">Jorge Sampaio</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady</a> <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a> of the United States, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Estonia" title="President of Estonia">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Arnold_R%C3%BC%C3%BCtel" title="Arnold Rüütel">Arnold Rüütel</a> of <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Novendiales">Novendiales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Novendiales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies">Controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the most controversial honourees was Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Francis_Law" title="Bernard Francis Law">Bernard Francis Law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archpriest" title="Archpriest">Archpriest</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore">Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore</a>, scheduled to preside a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/novendial#English" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:novendial">novendial</a> on 11 April. During his tenure as <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Boston" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston">Archbishop of Boston</a>, Cardinal Law was accused of having mishandled cases of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases" title="Catholic Church sexual abuse cases">sexual abuse</a> at the hands of diocesan priests. The event sparked the nationwide <a href="/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic sex abuse cases">Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Roman_Catholic_dioceses_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States">dioceses of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-Law_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-Law-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several members of the <a href="/wiki/Survivors_Network_of_those_Abused_by_Priests" title="Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests">Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Blaine" title="Barbara Blaine">Barbara Blaine</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-Law_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-Law-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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."<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-Law_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-Law-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Testament of Pope John Paul II">Testament of Pope John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI">Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CNN050404-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CNN050404_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CNN050404_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CNN050404_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/04/ltm.01.html">"CNN Transcript from 4 April 2005"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Responsibility" title="Love and Responsibility">Love and Responsibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope" title="Crossing the Threshold of Hope">Crossing the Threshold of Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memory_and_Identity" title="Memory and Identity">Memory and Identity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other writings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Jeweler%27s_Shop" title="The Jeweler's Shop">The Jeweler's Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body" title="Theology of the Body">Theology of 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Iesus">Dominus Iesus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;;font-style:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papal_Concert_to_Commemorate_the_Shoah" title="Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah">Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_political_views" title="Pope John Paul II's political views">Political views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scriptural_Way_of_the_Cross" title="Scriptural Way of the Cross">Scriptural Way of the Cross</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"><div id="Eponymous_placesIn_popular_culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of places named after Pope John Paul II">Eponymous places</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_in_popular_culture" title="Pope John Paul II in popular culture">In popular culture</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Secondary schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Alabama)" title="St. John Paul II Catholic High School (Alabama)">Huntsville, AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_II_Academy" title="Saint John Paul II Academy">Boca Raton, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Florida)" title="St. John Paul II Catholic High School (Florida)">Tallahassee, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (Louisiana)">Slidell, LA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_High_School_(Massachusetts)" title="St. John Paul II High School (Massachusetts)">Hyannis, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (North Carolina)">Greenville, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Pennsylvania)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Pennsylvania)">Royersford, PA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Tennessee)">Hendersonville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_High_School_(Corpus_Christi,_Texas)" title="St. John Paul II High School (Corpus Christi, Texas)">Corpus Christi, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_(Plano,_Texas)" title="John Paul II High School (Plano, Texas)">Plano, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Schertz,_Texas)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (Schertz, Texas)">Schertz, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_High_School" title="Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School">Dumfries, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Washington)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Washington)">Lacey, WA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other countries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Paul_II_Catholic_College" title="St John Paul II Catholic College"> Australia: Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">Canada: London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">Canada: Toronto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School,_Greymouth" title="John Paul II High School, Greymouth">New Zealand: Greymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_College,_Rotorua" title="John Paul College, Rotorua">New Zealand: Rotorua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_in_Tarn%C3%B3w" title="John Paul II High School in Tarnów">Poland: Tarnów</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Colleges</li><li>Universities</li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_University_of_Lublin" title="John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin">John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Institute" title="John Paul II Institute">John Paul II Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Minor_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II Minor Seminary">John Paul II Minor Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_University" title="John Paul the Great Catholic University">John Paul the Great Catholic University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_University_of_John_Paul_II" title="Pontifical University of John Paul II">Pontifical University of John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_College_of_Education" title="Pope John Paul II College of Education">Pope John Paul II College of Education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Karol_Wojty%C5%82a_Airport" title="Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport">Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Paulo_II_Airport" title="João Paulo II Airport">João Paulo II Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_John_Paul_II_International_Airport" title="Kraków John Paul II International Airport">John Paul II 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href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_II_National_Shrine" title="Saint John Paul II National Shrine">Saint John Paul II National Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannes_Paulus_II_Peninsula" title="Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula">Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Center_for_the_New_Evangelization" title="John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization">John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Center_for_Interreligious_Dialogue" title="John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue">John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Foundation_for_Research_and_Treatment" title="John Paul II Foundation for Research and Treatment">John Paul II Foundation for Research and Treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_John_Paul_II_and_Primate_Wyszy%C5%84ski" title="Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński">Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński</a></li> <li><a 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