At The Vatican

Pilgrims settle in at a tented camp prepared for visitors to Vatican City, at the Tor Vergata University compound on the outskirts of Rome, April 6, 2005. The city was bracing for an unprecedented flow of pilgrims and faithful - with some predicting their numbers might match the city's own 3 million residents - for the days leading to the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Faithful buy souvenirs marking the death of Pope John Paul II at a stall at the Vatican City, April 6, 2005.

An Italian Civil Protection volunteer carries a stretcher through St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 6, 2005.

A young girl is pictured among people paying respect to the late Pope John Paul II at a public viewing of his body inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 6, 2005.

Faithful crowd St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to the late Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican, April 6, 2005.

Thousands of mourners queue inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 6, 2005, to pay their respects to late Pope John Paul II.

Live signals from the Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica and surrounding streets are seen in the control room at security headquarters in Rome, where a Roman Municipal police officer is seen taking a call, April 6, 2005.

Mourners flood the road leading to St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 6, 2005.

Red Cross workers assist an ailing man who'd been waiting on line to enter St. Peter's Basilica, April 6, 2005, in Vatican City.

Empty water bottles and paper are seen at the end of the line of people queuing to pay their respect to late Pope John Paul II, April 6, 2005, in Vatican City.

Young followers take a break while waiting in line to pay their last farewell to Pope John Paul II, April 6, 2005, in Vatican City.

A nun holds postcards printed with an image of Pope John Paul II, in a souvenir shop in Rome, April 6, 2005.

Mourners keep warm by wrapping themselves in blankets, on the road leading to St. Peter's Square, April 6, 2005, in Vatican City.

Blankets used to warm pilgrims during the night are seen piled upon barriers, as people queue in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 5, 2005.

Nuns visiting the Vatican to pay their respects to the pope eat lunch after arriving at the Rome Termini train station, April 6, 2005.

Pilgrims on their way to St. Peter's Basilica cram Rome's Vittorio Emanuele II bridge, April 6, 2005.

People wait in line on the Vittorio Emanuele II bridge in Rome, April 6, 2005.

People wait in line on the Vittorio Emanuele II bridge in Rome, April 6, 2005.

Volunteers distribute water to faithful as they queue to enter St. Peter's Basilica, April 6, 2005, in Vatican City.

Salt miners from Wiliczka, Poland, stand in front of St. Peter's Basilica as they wait to pay their respects to late Pope John Paul II, April 6, 2005, in Vatican City.