Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005

***
- “The angels welcome you”
- The silver hammer, the tolling bells
- The Different Facets of Pope John Paul II
- Excellent coverage at The Corner
- Other bloggers on watch: Don Singleton and PunditGuy; Buzzmachine covers the coverage; the Anchoress is off to Mass, but has done some wonderful live-blogging throughout the night and day; and Professor Bainbridge’s collection of Pope blog posts is here.
- Catholic/religious bloggers reflect: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, Annunciations, The Pope Blog
- Joe Gandelman has a lovely personal tribute. So does Chrenkoff.
- Wes Roth features screenshots of worldwide reaction.

***
400pm Bush addressing the nation: “A good and faithful servant of God has been called home…he was an inspiration for millions of Americans and so many more throughout the world…We’re grateful to God for such a man, a son of Poland who became the bishop of Rome and hero for all the ages.”

Video of full statement will be available at the White House website. Trey Jackson already has it up.

***
Other world leaders react, including Tony Blair…He was “‘revered across people of all faiths and none.”

Italy suspends all weekend sports.

Americans remember meeting the Pope.

***
Unbelievable. Check out Power Line.

***

Will Franklin has a nice photo montage of Time magazine covers featuring the Pope.