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From: kumar	5/13/2005 6:37:55 AM
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Pope John Paul II to be beatified Pope Benedict XVI has begun the process to beatify his predecessor John Paul II, the first step to sainthood. "The cause for the beatification of John Paul II is open," the new Roman Catholic leader told priests meeting at Rome's Basilica of St John in Lateran. The Pope waived the usual rules which require a five-year wait before the Church begins to make someone a saint. John Paul II died on 2 April, leading to widespread calls from Catholics worldwide for him to be made a saint. Life examined The announcement - read out in Latin - was met with a standing ovation from the priests attending the meeting. It comes on the anniversary of an assassination attempt on John Paul II's life in 1981, when he was shot in St Peter's Square by a Turkish gunman. Information will now be gathered on the former pope's life and teachings, including all private writings from the period before he became pope, and checked for orthodoxy to ensure that he expressed no heretical views. A commission of historians will be appointed to gather all of the documents together, which will then be examined by panels of theologians, and cardinals and bishops. If a two-thirds majority agree with John Paul II's beatification Pope Benedict XVI will then be called upon to give his own approval. Miracle needed But Vatican expert Michael Walsh told the BBC that for the process to be complete the Vatican authorities will then have to establish that a miracle has been ascribed to Pope John Paul II. "They have to prove someone has been miraculously healed... by his intercession, by praying to John Paul II, he or she has recovered from cancer or something of that sort," he said. Beatification allows public veneration of the person and for the person to be known as "Blessed". Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2005/05/13 10:08:53 GMT © BBC MMV

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