Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a decree today announced the beatification of John Paul II.Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Pope Benedict XVI will make beatification in Rome on May 1, which is the Divine Mercy, instituted by a festival of John Paul II.Cardinals and bishops from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints yesterday confirmed that a French nun miraculously cured of Parkinson's disease through the intercession of the late Pope. There will be only the second time the pope has waived its own rules to preside at a Mass of beatification itself. Reports indicate that the body of John Paul II will be moved to a chapel in St. Peter's in time for the beatification. One thinks of the chapel of St. Sebastian, who until now has contained the remains of St. Innocent XI (1676-1689).....READ FULL NEWS
