this is not a disaster relief site is
actually temporary housing for the
faithful who continue to arrive in
droves a final farewell to John Paul the
second with no hotel rooms left anywhere
near Rome and with hundreds of thousands
of the faithful pouring into Rome every
day
Italian officials are hastily
constructing 10 cities like this one
it's set up in a field about 30 miles
south of Vatican City as you can see
water supplies make it possible for
everyone to keep clean this tent dweller
has a special story to tell a Polish
born Catholic he was actually confirmed
by John Paul back when the late pontiff
was a little-known bishop so when he
died you said I'm going to man besides
tent cities living quarters are also
being set up in warehouses
and believe it or not this field the
site of ancient circus maximus chariot
races will soon be filled with some of
the estimated five million visitors to
Rome many won't get anywhere near st.
Peters
they'll have to watch the funeral and
giant video screens like this one under
construction
Italian security officials Agostino me
ozo insists that everyone will be safe
and that the biggest problem is
overcrowding the capacity of Rome is not
unlimited we are prepared to close the
town I'm very glad I'm not involved
because I think it's gonna be very
difficult
Joe Pedro is a former Secret Service man
who protected the Pope during his 1987
visit to the US this is a huge
logistical nightmare according to the
rules only Vatican police can carry
weapons in and around st. Peter's which
means Secret Service men won't be
allowed to carry guns to protect a
presidential delegation which includes
the President and First Lady former
presidents Bush and Clinton quake called
Secretary of State rice some believe the
Vatican will quietly bend the rules on
the weapons policy they'll get an
agreement to bring a certain amount of
weapons the the minimum necessary for
the Secret Service to feel comfortable
and ironic concern in light of the fact
that the men at the heart of this global
event lived his life
West for peace they watch over him and
death as they did in life the officers
and men of the Swiss Guard the Pope's
bodyguards but just who are these
soldiers behind the colorful uniforms
and the antique armor well for a start
the Swiss Guards really do have to be
Swiss recruits have to be 18 to 30 years
old and at least 5 foot 8 they are all
experts in unarmed combat and trained
with the most modern of weapons they are
functioning army for the Pope papal
expert Dan Callahan spoke to our Kim
Dean it's like a crack unit in the
Marines it's the cream of the crop the
Swiss Guard is actually getting ready to
celebrate its 500th anniversary next
year five centuries of mostly
illustrious service to the Pope but the
guards reputation was tarnished somewhat
by an event that happened just several
years ago this man guard commander alwa
s Turman was shot dead in 1998 along
with his wife by a corporal who later
killed himself
estimates shown here in plainclothes
Duty was killed because he did not give
the Corporal a medal that's according to
the Vatican the event was devastating
for the men who guard their honor
almost as Ellis Lee as they guard the
Pope maybe the only way to understand it
is to be here and if you don't believe
in miracles consider this hi I'm Deborah
Norville from Inside Edition one of the
first people I spoke to on the long slow
line to pay final respects to Pope John
Paul the second happened to have been on
the same flight I took to Rome his name
is Candido Barroso and he managed to
crystallize this experience in just a
few words this is a lesson in humanity
this man understood the humanity of the
Pope as well as anyone
Philadelphia's cardinal justin Rigali
worked with the pontiff for 16 years
here in Rome and I just had to ask him
how would John Paul the second feel
about those huge crowds outside the
Basilica he had great popularity but
that wasn't his purpose it wasn't to
attract attention to himself but rather
to his message small wonder then that
many stand and wait now and then someone
faints but mostly people hold up well
and even have the spirit and energy to
build impromptu shrines like this one
why are they here there are five million
ways to answer that question here's what
a lot of swords of New York had to say I
saw him back in 1995 when he came to New
York and he's had such an influence on
me so I just the Pope will never be
forgotten but he will be succeeded by
another man and everyone waits with
bated breath to see who it will be he
will be concerned with everything with
all issues of human life and human
dignity of people spirituality
I think it's gonna be a huge challenge
to find someone that can fill the shoes
of Pope John Paul the second
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