Interview: Author Peter Stanford discusses the Catholic Church's beatification and canonization process, particularly under the leadership of Pope John Paul II

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Interview: Author Peter Stanford discusses the Catholic Church's beatification and canonization process, particularly under the leadership of Pope John Paul II

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Tomorrow in Rome, Pope John Paul II will beatify, or declare blessed, two of his predecessors: Pope John XXIII and Pius IX. Beatification is the step before someone is named a saint in the Catholic Church, and while John XXIII is remembered for liberalizing church teachings through the Second Vatican Council, Pius IX, a 19th-century conservative, had an ...

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