POPE JOHN PAUL II DIES AT 84
Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84 in his Vatican apartment on April 2, 2005. In this photo, Pope John Paul II enters the stage in Luneta Park to say mass to a million people in Manila, Philippines during a Papal visit in February, 1981. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)
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Pope Benedict XVI beatified his predecessor by proclaiming him "Blessed" in a ceremony in Rome's St Peter's Square attended by more than 1 million people.
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VATICAN CITY, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI formally credited a miracle to his predecessor, paving the way for Pope John Paul II to be beatified May 1, the Vatican said Friday.
The Vatican said the late John Paul II miraculously cured a nun who reportedly had Parkinson's disease, the BBC reported.
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