Polish pilgrims arrive for beatification ceremony
(30 Apr 2011) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of coach, Polish Flag visible as door opens 2. Picture of Pope John Paul II seen through coach window 3. Pilgrim exiting coach 4. Wide of pilgrims gathered near coach 5. Tilt down from coaches lined up to pilgrims gathered 6. Volunteer handing over maps of Rome and giving information 7. Tilt up nun reading map 8. Various of Polish pilgrims 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wisniewski, Polish pilgrim from Warsaw: "Because in Poland we love our Pope and the Pope loved all the people of the world, Italian people, Polish people. I think it is very, very big thing for Polish people, the beatification." 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stanislaw Roguski, Polish pilgrim from Warsaw: "I'm here because I think it's my duty, a duty for all society from my country, to show how a big big man John Paul was." 12. Wide of Polish pilgrims walking 13. Polish pilgrims getting into a bus 14. Pilgrims inside bus waving flags 15. Bus leaving for St. Peter's Square 16. Wide of crowd walking to St. Peter's Square 17. Wide St.Peter's Basilica STORYLINE A large group of Polish pilgrims arrived by coach in Rome on Saturday for the Beatification of the late Pope John Paul II that will be celebrated on Sunday in St. Peter's Square. The trip from the pope's home country took about 30 hours. "I'm here because I think it's my duty, a duty for all society from my country," said Polish pilgrim Stanislaw Roguski. The pilgrims immediately boarded a shuttle bus for St Peter's Square, where large screen televisions will show Friday night's vigil in Circus Maximus. Tens of thousands of Poles were expected in Rome ahead of the Beatification. Pope Benedict XVI will beatify John Paul on Sunday, bestowing the Catholic Church's confirmation on what millions of the faithful believed long ago: that Karol Wojtyla lived a saintly life and deserves one of the church's greatest honours. Beatification is the last major hurdle before being declared a saint, and John Paul is reaching the milestone in record time, a little over six years after his 2 April 2005 death. Benedict put him on the fast track for possible sainthood by waiving the typical five-year waiting period before beatification causes can begin. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
