Pope Reaction

Candles surround an image of Pope John Paul II during a vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his death, April 2, 2005. Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died at the age of 84.

People in front of the Bishop's Palace in Krakow, Poland, April 2, 2005 after hearing the news that Pope John Paul II, had died at 84.

Faithful react after the death of Pope John Paul II was announced in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

Faithful cry in Lourdes, a pilgrimage town in the French Pyrenees shortly after the announcement of Pope John Paul II's death, April 2, 2005.

Nuns react to news of the pontiff's death in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

People pray and light candles under a statue of the pope at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico, April 2, 2005.

With a 1979 painting of Pope John Paul II hanging over head, Max Soc, head sacristan of St. Matthew's Cathedral, works in the sacristy as he prepares the vestments for a mass following the death of the pope April 2, 2005 in Washington.

Faithful react after the death of Pope John Paul II was announced in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

People kneel and pray at the St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 2, 2005, in New York, moments after the death of Pope John Paul II.

A young woman in Lourdes, a pilgrimage town in the French Pyrenees, holds a candle as she weeps following the announcement of the death of Pope John Paul II, April 2, 2005.

Purnendu Datta-Gupta of Dallas touches his head with holy water, April 2, 2005, at St. Rita Catholic Church in Dallas, after he prayed for Pope John Paul II.

A nun reacts in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

A woman breaks into tears next to a Polish flag in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

A woman reacts in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005, after hearing of the death of Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, had died at 84.

A Polish flag with a black ribbon is waved in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

Joanne Champagne of Bristol, Conn., lights a candle at the St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in memory of Pope John Paul II, April 2, 2005.

Worshippers pray in the church of St. Mary in the late pope's hometown of Wadowice, southern Poland, April 2, 2005. The pope was baptized in the church of St. Mary. Parishioners there had just learned of his death.

Faithful pray after the death of Pope John Paul II was announced in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 2, 2005.

A faithful prays with a rosary on the ground after the death of Pope John Paul II was announced in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.

A woman breaks into tears as a nun comforts her, after the death of Pope John Paul II was announced in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2005.