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Vatican to beatify Pope John Paul II on May

Other News Materials 14 January 2011 15:50 (UTC +04:00)
The Vatican said Friday that Pope John Paul II was to be beatified - the penultimate step in the process to make the late pontiff a saint - at a May 1 ceremony in Rome.
Vatican to beatify Pope John Paul II on May

The Vatican said Friday that Pope John Paul II was to be beatified - the penultimate step in the process to make the late pontiff a saint - at a May 1 ceremony in Rome, DPA reported.

Pope Benedict XVI approved, through a decree, a miracle attributed to John Paul, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints said in a radio interview.

Cardinal Angelo Amato said the miracle involves a 44-year-old French nun, Marie Simon Pierre Normand, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease but was then cured thanks to the intercession of John Paul.

The miracle occurred just a few months after John Paul's death, on April 2, 2005, Amato told Vatican Radio.

"This decree opens the way for his beatification, which will take place in Rome next May 1, the first Sunday after Easter," Amato said.

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