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A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Rome:
Pope John Paul II by bugalugs
On the Sunday morning we decided that the first place to visit was St. Peters Basilica. You can imagine how delighted we were that when we arrived the Pope was saying Mass. The piazza was packed and we were standing near the back, but that did not lessen our enjoyment. As you can see from the photograph there are large screens to be able to see everything much better.
When mass is being celebrated in the piazza, entry into St. Peters is not possible.