Dignitaries from at least 155 countries were in Rome, including the president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei – both of them Muslims.
Israeli President Moshe Katsav put aside differences with Syria to shake hands with the country’s President Bashar Assad.
But when Mr Bush’s face appeared on giant screens showing the ceremony – many in the crowds outside St Peter’s Square booed and whistled.
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