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Faithful stand under a banner reading in Italian "Don't be afraid, opens the door to Christ", in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Pope Benedict XVI, right, kneels in prayer in front of the casket of late Pope John Paul II, laid out in state at the Altar of the Confession inside St. Peter's Basilica, Sunday, May 1, 2011. More than a million faithful are estimated to have attended the celebration at the Vatican and surrounding streets.. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Sister Tobiana kneels in front of Pope Benedict XVI as she hands him the glass reliquary containing the blood of late Pope John Paul II while Sister Marie Simon-Pierre stands at left during the beatification ceremony of John Paul II, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. The Vatican has decreed that Sister Marie Simon-Pierre's inexplicable healing was the miracle needed to beatify John Paul II. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI kisses the glass reliquary containing the blood of late Pope John Paul II during his beatification ceremony, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Some one million people crowd St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets at the Vatican during the beatification of late Pope John Paul II, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified his predecessor in the fastest beatification in modern times. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, Pool)
A partial view of the over one million faithful crowding St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets at the Vatican during the beatification of late Pope John Paul II, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified his predecessor in the fastest beatification in modern times. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, Pool)
Pope Benedict XVI drives through the crowd as a faithful holds up a picture of late John Paul II, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Faithful crowd St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Faithful crowd St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Pope Benedict XVI follows a line of prelates as he waves from his popemobile upon his arrival in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Benedict XVI drives past a picture of late John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
A young faithful wears a commemorative scarf with late Pope John Paul II after attending a solemn celebration led by Pope Benedict XVI where John Paul II was beatified in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the fastest beatification in modern times. He died April 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI is handed a child to bless as he is driven through the crowd upon his arrival for the beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Policemen stand on St Peter's square in front of the giant banner bearing John Paul's portrait displayed over the facade of St Peter's basilica during the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI declared John Paul II "blessed" at a mass in Saint Peter's Square in front of more than a million people on Sunday, putting his late predecessor on the path to sainthood. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
A nun holds a statue of Virgin Mary in front of St Peter's basilica during the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI declared John Paul II "blessed" at a mass in Saint Peter's Square in front of more than a million people on Sunday, putting his late predecessor on the path to sainthood. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
A nun holds a statue of Virgin Mary in front of St Peter's basilica during the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI declared John Paul II "blessed" at a mass in Saint Peter's Square in front of more than a million people on Sunday, putting his late predecessor on the path to sainthood. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
