Two million poles expected in Rome for funeral
05/04/2005 - 15:59:24About two million Poles are expected to travel to Rome for the funeral of Polish-born Pope John Paul, the Foreign Ministry said today.
The estimate is based on an informal government survey of travel operators, ministry spokesman Aleksander Checko said.
Parishes across Poland have been chartering buses to take worshippers to Rome for Friday’s funeral. Extra trains and flights from Poland to Italy are also being organised.
John Paul is deeply loved in mostly Roman Catholic Poland, both for his piety and for his historic role in encouraging the opposition forces that peacefully toppled communism in 1989.
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