No recent event has surpassed the funeral of John Paul II. Peter Westmore looks at the Pope’s role as a religious leader without equal, and as the moral conscience of the world.The extraordinary outpouring of respect for Pope John Paul II, following his death on April 2, has been unprecedented in recent history.Over a million people filed past his body in the four days in which he lay in state inside the great basilica located above the grave of the first apostle, St Peter. An estimated four mil…
