FRANCISCO S. TATAD
CEBU CITY—The last time I saw anything like it was during the wake of St. John Paul II at St. Peter’s Basilica in April 2005. At least a million Poles, and so many more from various parts of the world, had come to Rome to pay their homage to the first Polish pope, who had died in office after surviving one assassination attempt and serving the papacy for 27 long and fruitful years.