Sister Marie Simone-Pierre gestures as she arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011 on the occasion of late Pope John Paul II's beatification. The Vatican has decreed that Sister Marie Simone-Pierre's inexplicable healing was the miracle needed to beatify John Paul, a process that will reach its culmination Sunday during a Mass in St. Peter's Square celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) takes place for the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony on Sunday in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) arrives for the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony on Sunday in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
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Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 1, 2011 ahead of the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO/GIUSEPPE CACACE
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Polish pilgrims dress in traditional costume gather in Rome on May 1, 2011 ahead of the beatification of Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO/MARIO LAPORTA
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 1, 2011 ahead of the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO/VINCENZO PINTO
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony on Sunday in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony on Sunday in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI
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Pilgrims display a picture of the late Polish Pontiff, Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 1, 2011 ahead of the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO/GIUSEPPE CACACE
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Priests take photographs in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 1, 2011 ahead of the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend a Vatican ceremony in which Pope Benedict XVI will honour his late predecessor John Paul II with near-sainthood status. AFP PHOTO/GIUSEPPE CACACE
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Prelates wait for a solemn celebration led by Pope Benedict XVI where late Pope John Paul II was beatified, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the fastest beatification in modern times. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives on his popemobile to lead a Mass for the beatification of late Pope John Paul II, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the fastest beatification in modern times. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives on his popemobile to lead a Mass for the beatification of late Pope John Paul II, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the fastest beatification in modern times. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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