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Middle of mass during a highly political time for el salvador. 285,000 people are expected to attend the beatification ceremony. >> reporter: oscar romero, a priest who stood by the poor and denounced the military in native el salvador. he was shot and killed in 1980 while celebrating mass. more than three decades later, moving one step closer to sainthood. he began as a small town priest in san miguel. he avoided politics. his collection of photographs, reflecting his close ties huh his flock. ...

But the making of saints, this comes with the two miracles that are needed in order to cannonize women to be saints or just to be recognized for their holiness. one of these women was considered a mystic. she had what they call the stigmata, which are wounds on her hands that were christ like for the crucifixion. she was recognized about 30 years ago in a beatification ceremony and the pope found this along with the other nun the perfect moment to give them saints of their own. days like this ar...

Meanwhile, the large tombstone which coughed the late popes grave for the past six years is to be taken to poland where it will be placed in a new church dedicated to the blessed, as he will be known, john paul ii. were watching live now the beatification ceremony under way in rome. jim bitterman and john allen are watching along with us. and once again, one is struck by the devotion. you know, dhurch fathers have said, this is not about john paul the pope -- >> i didnt hear the question. would ...

Theologians. they all signed off on that. the sister is here in rome for this beatification. she spoke last night and she is here at the beatification mass. >> and, in fact, shes evidence of something the clerics have said to be beatified is to be a role model around the world. at least one miracle whats to be attributed to someone and now a second miracle will be required after this beatification ceremony in order to suggest to the vatican that god has approved of the beatification. that second...

Saint. next the beatification ceremony of pope john paul ii what needs to be done before we can call him a saint. and plus, nasa delaying the launch of endeavor again. what the crew is doing in the meantime. a lot of times, things are right underneath our feet, and all we need to do is change the way were thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didnt even realize just how much natural gas was trapped irocks thounds of feet below us. technology has made it possible to safely unlock this cle...

So lets go back to rome. well give it another shot right now regarding the beatification with pope john paul ii, with chris jansing, who is live there for us. delivering mass, what did he say about his predecessor? >> reporter: we heard about a pope john paul ii that the people in the crowd really know, a great leader of chris ant chr. and they upped the number of pilgrims that turned out for the beatification ceremony, 1.5 million people that crowded the streets. just starting with the appearan...

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A lot of groups from around the world. alitalia has added a number of flights. we know there are quite a few american groups that have come in here and he was the first polish pope. lots of groups of poles have come. i have one of the flags here with his name written in polish. so i think excited is the word in spite of the rain. and the good news is that its supposed to be 70 and sunny tomorrow for the actual beatification ceremony. >> i wonder if the heavens had anything to do with that, setti...

Paul has brought here to the vatican. and im sure we will see a resurgence of that after its moved into the main part, not down in the bottom of st. peters. >> yeah. well, that recent trip to rome that you referenced i took with my son a couple of years ago was made all the better for your recommendations, chris, because you know that city like no one else. youve got the tour guides. elizabeth lev coming up. she is phenomenal. the restaurants and the night life. youve also got the coverage tomor...