CBS News - Pope John Paul II public viewing (2005-04-04)

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[0:20] this is a CBS News special report I'm

[0:23] Bob Schaffer with more of our special

[0:25] coverage on the death of Pope John Paul

[0:27] II good morning it is now 5: in a a

[0:30] afternoon in Rome and the public viewing

[0:32] of the Pope's remains is about to begin

[0:35] the body is going to be moved this

[0:36] morning from the apostolic Palace that's

[0:39] just below it's in a room now just below

[0:42] where the Pope's Apartments were and

[0:44] it's going to be moved to St Peters

[0:46] Basilica where the public will be

[0:48] allowed to file past for the next few

[0:50] days we think that's going to begin

[0:52] sometime later this afternoon his

[0:55] funeral now has officially been set uh

[0:57] for Friday what's going to happen this

[1:00] morning the papal Chamberlain who is the

[1:02] Cardinal in charge of the Vatican and

[1:04] until a new pope is elected will preside

[1:07] over a moment of prayer for John Paul

[1:09] then this recession uh will begin to The

[1:13] Basilica CBS News correspondent and

[1:15] early show anchor Harry Smith is with us

[1:18] this morning in Rome we're going now to

[1:20] him Harry good

[1:21] morning thanks very much Bob I'll tell

[1:24] you this is a very important time in the

[1:26] the history of the church and uh a time

[1:28] that is just fraught with all kinds of

[1:30] emotions as pilgrims have been pouring

[1:33] into Rome for the last day or two uh two

[1:35] million as you say were expected to to

[1:38] arrive here by Friday I we're joined by

[1:40] Father Paul robish show who uh headed

[1:43] the American congregation here in Rome

[1:45] for many of the last uh uh years and

[1:48] this last decade and as a church

[1:51] historian let's just talk a little bit

[1:53] about what is transpir

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