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Beatification of Late Pope John Paul II

Vatican takes step to honour 'first global pope' to sainthood

AFP, Rome
One of the most admired and beloved popes in history, among Catholics and non-Catholics alike, Venerable Pope John Paul II will be beatified by Pope Benedict on Sunday.
This beatification will become the fastest on record, a little more than six years after the death of Pope John Paul II, beating Mother Teresa's beatification in2003 by a few days.
The late pope was the most travelled pope in history with 104 trips outside Italy including one to Bangladesh in 1986.
In order to set John Paul II on the road to beatification, the Vatican had to confirm he had worked a miracle -- the healing, apparently unexplainable by science, of a French nun affected by Parkinson's who had prayed to be cured.
The process was fast-tracked and the decision to beatify John Paul II was confirmed in record time in January 2011, to the joy of supporters of the "first global pope" -- as one ^admiring cardinal nicknamed him.
Another miracle is needed before the late pope can be declared a saint.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are set to descend on Rome this weekend to witness the beatification of Jean Paul II, the world's first "global pope" who will be put on the track to sainthood only six years after his death.
John Paul II is acclaimed as the most widely recognised Pope of modern era and as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. It's widely held that he was instrumental in ending communism in his native Poland and eventually
throughout Europe, while at the same time denouncing the excesses of capitalism.
Thousands of Catholics have sent stories to the Vatican describing how they were helped by the pope after his death and 270 testimonies of presumed miracles have already been selected, to be judged as a second miracle.
On Sunday, the beatification mass will be lead by Pope Benedict in St Peter's Square. A phial of John Paul H's blood, which was taken during the last days of his illness, will be on show.
Tour guide and pilgrim associations have estimated that between 300,000 and 500,000 people will come to Rome for the big day. 40,000 people are expected on specially chartered planes, while others will come by coach and boat.
Some 50 heads of state or government are expected to attend, including the Polish and Mexican presidents Bronislaw Komorowski and Felipe Calderon, King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.