Huge throngs pray, sing in final farewell to beloved Pope

Throngs of pilgrims waved Polish flags, recited the rosary and sang hymns as they packed the cobblestone streets leading up to the Vatican today to bid an emotional farewell to Pope John Paul.

The Via della Conciliazione boulevard was jammed with tens of thousands of people, many seated on streets where they had spent a chilly night in sleeping bags or wrapped in blankets.