TIME Photo Essay: Vigil at the Vatican: Millions gather in St. Peter's Square and around the world to offer prayers for the pontiff. On Saturday, Pope John Paul II watched from his Vatican apartment the 'Via Crucis' (Way of the Cross) procession at Rome's Colosseum. It was the only time in the 27 years of his papacy that Pope missed the procession which commemorates the last hours in Christ's life. PHOTO BY POLARIS
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Vigil at the Vatican: Millions gather in St. Peter's Square and around the world to offer prayers for the pontiff
Way of the Cross
On Saturday, Pope John Paul II watched from his Vatican apartment the 'Via Crucis' (Way of the Cross) procession at Rome's Colosseum. It was the only time in the 27 years of his papacy that Pope missed the procession which commemorates the last hours in Christ's life
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