All-night prayer vigil

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Around 200.000 pilgrims met togheter in Circus Maximus to pray and celebrate the vigil of the beatification of Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II. The crowd carried candles and flags from various parts of the world recreating a peaceful atmosphere to remember the Polish Pope died in April 2005.
Journalist Safiria Leccese presented the event on the stage followed by ex spokesman of Wojtyla - Joaquin Navarro Valls. There have been speeches also by Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, Cardinal...
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Around 200.000 pilgrims met togheter in Circus Maximus to pray and celebrate the vigil of the beatification of Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II. The crowd carried candles and flags from various parts of the world recreating a peaceful atmosphere to remember the Polish Pope died in April 2005.
Journalist Safiria Leccese presented the event on the stage followed by ex spokesman of Wojtyla - Joaquin Navarro Valls. There have been speeches also by Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz and Cardinal Agostino Vallini.
Rome, Italy. 30/04/2011
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