LATE POPE TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARDS SAINTHOOD
Late pontiff POPE JOHN PAUL II has been beatified by his successor.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the life of the last Pope during a service in St. Peter’s Square, Rome on Sunday morning (01May11).
The beatification is the first step in Pope John Paul II’s bid to become a saint.
His successor told the thousands who had gathered for the special tribute the beloved Catholic Church leader had "restored to Christianity its true face as a religion of hope."
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