Burial Pictures from L'Osservatore Romano

In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the zinc coffin is placed inside the third and last coffin prior to the burial in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The body late Pope John Paul II is placed inside three coffins encased within each other. After the funeral, the first wooden coffin will be placed in a zinc coffin, which will in turn be placed in a massive wooden casket. The zinc coffin and wooden casket are meant to slow down the decomposition process. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)


In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the wooden casket is lowered in the grave inside the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The body late Pope John Paul II is placed inside three coffins encased within each other. After the funeral, the first wooden coffin is placed in a zinc coffin, which in turn is placed in a massive wooden casket. The zinc coffin and wooden casket are meant to slow down the decomposition process. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)


In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the wooden casket is seen inside the grave in the grottos beneath St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. The body late Pope John Paul II is placed inside three coffins encased within each other. After the funeral, the first wooden coffin is placed in a zinc coffin, which in turn is placed in a massive wooden casket. The zinc coffin and wooden casket are meant to slow down the decomposition process. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)