John Paul II funeral - The death of a great Pope united all

The world yesterday said a final farewell to Pope John Paul II.

Kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers, knelt in homage to a pauper Pope, along with tens of thousands of humble mourners in St Peter’s Square.

Millions of others thronged Rome to bear witness at the requiem Mass to mark the passing of the most influential and charismatic Pope of modern times, as he lay in a simple coffin of cypress wood.