U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR ARE JUST TWO OF THE
HEADS OF STATE WHO WILL BE ATTENDING POPE JOHN PAUL’S FUNERAL ON FRIDAY MORNING.
THE
GENERAL CONGREGATION OF CARDINALS DECIDED IN THEIR FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY THAT THE
FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10A.M. ROME TIME ON FRIDAY.
THE POPE WILL THEN BE
INTERRED IN THE CRYPT UNDER THE CHURCH, WHERE SO MANY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF PETER ARE
BURIED.