Pope Benedict XVI prayed before the tomb of Pope John Paul II and other popes in the grottoes underneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy on November 02nd, 2005.

ITALY - NOVEMBER 02: Pope Benedict XVI prayed before the tomb of Pope John Paul II and other popes , marking the day Catholics remember the dead with a visit to the grottoes underneath St. Peter's Basilica. Benedict blessed John Paul's simple white marble tomb with holy water and recited prayers with a small group of churchmen as he commemorated All Souls' Day. This day also marked seven months to the day since John Paul's April 2 death.The Vatican grottoes are a vast series of low-ceilinged chapels and alcoves under St. Peter's Basilica where popes over the centuries have been buried. ---The tomb of John Paul II in Rome, Italy on November 02nd, 2005. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)