Pope Paul the great?

A providential gift: "Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post
Published: Saturday, May 13, 2006
The extraordinary crowds that came last year to pay homage to John Paul when he was lying in state have simply not stopped. The authorities at St. Peter's have had to completely re-route the traffic flow into the church, designating a special queue for his tomb. That queue often stretches around the Square, and has not stopped since April 2005. There are an average of 15,000 people a day at his tomb; more than 1,000/hour, in excess of five million pilgrims to date. It is extraordinarily moving to see them come, young and old, many pious and prayerful, others curious, in an unending wave of humanity.
They have concluded that this man's life was a providential gift. Last year, during the funeral, they shouted 'santo subito' -- sainthood now! The Church will decide about that, sooner rather than later, but for now it is enough to watch them come, hour after hour, confident that while all proceeds under the guide of Providence, in this spot it is particularly manifest.
The red cobblestone, amid the size and splendour of the Vatican City, is rather hard to find, and, in the end, just that, a red cobblestone. But it marks for the thousands who come here, a discreet reminder of the finger of God in history, and in the life of the man they come not to mourn, but to visit."