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STATE OF GRACE

Pope John Paul II lies in state in Clementine Hall at the Vatican on Sunday. The pope died Saturday at the Vatican after a 26-year pontificate. He was 84. The pontiff's funeral will be Friday morning, and he will be interred in the grotto of St. Peter's Basilica, where popes throughout the ages have been laid to rest.

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