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| | PM - Funeral for Pope John Paul II begins |
 | | Earlier, the Pope's body was placed in its plain cypress wood coffin, in front of senior church members and friends of the Pope. |
 | | In fact, it was one of the Pope's most important overseas trips early in his pontificate, when he went to Canterbury and prayed beside Robert Runcie in that great service that focused attention on the saints and martyrs of the 20th Century in Canterbury Cathedral. |
 | | STEPHEN CRITTENDEN: Yes indeed and
well, not mended in fact, that's I think one of John Paul's great griefs is that despite the fact that he tried so hard for so long, right to the end in fact, to build bridges with the Russians in particular, that was not to be. |
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