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The world’s final goodbye to John Paul II on April 8, 2005

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I.Media - published on 04/07/25
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The funeral of Pope John Paul II was a historical and international event with both spiritual and political impact.

POPE LEO XIV

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Twenty years ago, on April 8, 2005, the funeral of Pope John Paul II brought together more than a million people in Rome, including 200 international leaders. The event demonstrated the spiritual and political influence of the Polish pontiff, who had passed away just days earlier. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then dean of the Sacred College, made an impression with a homily that made him, probably in spite of himself, the natural successor of John Paul II.

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