A final farewell, John.

All the second with no hotel rooms left anywhere near Rome.

And with hundreds of thousands of the faithful pouring into Rome every day, Italian officials are hastily constructing 10 cities like this one.

It's set up in a field about 30 miles south of Vatican City.

As you can see, water supplies make it possible for everyone to keep clean.

This tent dweller has a special story to tell.

Ah, Polish Born Catholic, he was actually confirmed by John Paul back when the late pontiff was a little known bishop.

So when he died, you said, I'm going no matter what.

Besides tent cities, living quarters are also being set up in warehouses.

And believe it or not, this field the site of ancient Circus Maximus chariot races will soon be filled with some of the estimated five million visitors to Rome.

Many won't get anywhere near ST Peter's.

They'll have to watch the funeral on giant video screens like this one under construction.

Italian security officials Augustino meows Oh insists that everyone will be safe and that the biggest problem is overcrowding.

The capacity of room is not unlimited.

We are prepared to close the town.

I'm very glad I'm not involved because I think it's gonna be very difficult.

Joe Petro is a former Secret Service man who protected the pope during his 1987 visit to the U.

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This is a huge logistical nightmare.

According to the rules Onley Vatican police can carry weapons in and around ST Peter's, which means Secret service men won't be allowed to carry guns To protect the presidential delegation, which includes the president and first lady, former Presidents Bush and Clinton Quick, Secretary of State Rice Some believe the Vatican will quietly bend the rules on the weapons policy.

They'll get an agreement to bring a certain amount of weapons, um, the minimum necessary for the Secret Service to feel comfortable on ironic concerns.

In light of the fact that the man at the heart of this global event lived his life in a quest for peace, they watch over him and death as they did in life.

The officers and men off the Swiss guard, the pope's bodyguards.

But just who are these soldiers behind the colorful uniforms and the antique armor.

Well, for a start, the Swiss guards really do have to be.

Swiss.

Recruits have to be 18 to 30 years old and at least five foot eight.

They are all experts in unarmed combat and trained with the most modern of weapons.

There are functioning army for the pope.

Papal expert Dan Callaghan spoke to our Kim Dean.

It's like a crack unit in the Marines.

It's the cream of the crop.

The Swiss guard is actually getting ready to celebrate its 5/100 anniversary next year.

Five centuries of mostly illustrious service to the pope.

But the guy's reputation was tarnished somewhat by an event that happened just several years ago.

This man, guard Commander Allah Esterman, was shot dead in 1998 along with his wife by a corporal who later killed himself.

Esterman, shown here in plain clothes duty, was killed because he did not give the corporal a metal.

That's according to the Vatican.

The event was devastating for the men who guard their honor almost zealously as they guard the pope.

Yeah, maybe the only way to understand it is to be here and If you don't believe in miracles, consider this high endeavor normal From Inside Edition, One of the first people I spoke to on the long, slow line to pay final respects to Pope John Paul.

The second happened to have been on the same flight I took to Rome.

His name is Candido Barroso, and he managed to crystallize this experience in just a few words.

This is a lesson in humanity.

This man understood the humanity of the pope as well as anyone.

Philadelphia's Cardinal Justin Rigali worked with the pontiff for 16 years.

Here in Rome on I just had to ask him how John Paul the second feel about those huge crowds outside the basilica.

He had great popularity, but that wasn't his purpose.

It wasn't too attract attention to himself, but rather to his message.

Small wonder then, that so many stand and wait Now and then someone faints.

But mostly people hold up well and even have the spirit and energy to build impromptu shrines like this one.

Why are they here?

There are five million ways to answer that question.

Here is what a lot of Swords of New York had to say back in 1995 when he came to New York and he said such an influence on me, so I just had to come.

The pope will never be forgotten, but he will be succeeded by another man, and everyone waits with bated breath to see who it will be.

He will be concerned with everything with all issues of human life and human dignity, of people, spirituality.

I think it's gonna be a huge challenge to find someone that can fill the shoes of Pope John second.