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Overflow Crowds Watch Pope's Funeral in Ancient Arena

By Emily Harris
Published April 7, 2005 at 11:00 PM CDT
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Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who flooded into the Italian capital to watch the funeral of Pope John Paul II were unable to squeeze into St. Peter's Square. Many went to ancient Rome's Circus Maximus instead, watching the ceremony on giant TV screens.

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Emily Harris
International Correspondent Emily Harris is based in Jerusalem as part of NPR's Mideast team. Her post covers news related to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. She began this role in March of 2013.
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