Mourners begin the viewing of Pope John Paul II today at St. Peter's Basilica. The funeral is set for 10 a.m. Friday (1 a.m. our time) and burial will be in the grotto of St. Peter's. We will be continuing to cover the events of the day on Page One tomorrow.

Also tomorrow we are planning a local story looking back to the Vatican II changes implemented in the 1960s that many thought would liberalize the Catholic church well beyond where it is today. We'll explore those changes with local people and talk about what comes next for the church.

Star Sacramento bureau chief Timm Herdt has an interesting story on legislative discussion in response to a drive by a group called Pharmacists for LIfe International which is urging pharmacists who are against abortion rights to decline to dispense medications against their views,including "morning-after" pills.

Off the wires, we will be looking at non-pope related stories for Page One tomorrow. One would be the merger of Chevron and Unocal. The other would be the Supreme Court decision making IRAs untouchable to creditors in bankruptcy cases.