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This was in the course of a mass, beatification mass. the pope benedict pronounced the words that john paul was now blessed, and they actually unveiled his portrait there. on the basilica. of course, the pope had been 27 years on the throne of st. peter. a huge crowd from poland, and really from all over, especially europe, but from all over the world. that is sort of a reflection of so many trips the pope took. so many times when the pope crisscrossed the globe, he took more than 100 international trips in the course of his papacy. many of the people who saw him there in the own homeland comi...

Beatification mass, blessed john paul ii. as you can imagine, the as they sang the words, john paul ii open the doors to christ, do not be afraid. open wide your heart to the love of god: holy father enters the altar with a kiss. ♪

The church prepares for the late pope's beatification, the next step on the road to possible sainthood. lauren green joins us live in rome. >> heather, this is the greatest celebration the vatican has seen in years. almost midnight and people are camped out on the streets of rome to be the first in line to get into saint peter's square tomorrow morning when they open up the gates for the beatification mass. tonight there was an all night prayer vigil at rome's ancient areal estate in a to celebrate the life of pope john paul ii. pilgrims came from all over the world, including from his native ...

Alex witt and welcome to "msnbc saturday." we've got oall the stories plus the case for cursive writing. and in the meantime a nun at the center of a miracle will be at the spotlight for a prayer vigil for john paul ii. she says the late pope cured her of parkinson's disease. the all-night vigil comes ahead of the beatification mass that will move the pope one step closer to potential statehood. chris jansing is live in rome for us. chris, with a good morning. first up, let's hear about the miracle. what happened there? >> reporter: well, sister marie ra mon ramon wants to be cured of her pa...

Always prince harry. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much, nbc's keith miller for that. princess catherine's family checked out of their hotel this morning including sister pippa middleton and her brother james, pippa has attracted a lot of attention. we'll have more coverage from london coming pum. as many as 1 million pilgrim gr pilgrims are converging on rome. spirits are high ahead of the beatification mass, at the conclusion of the mass the late pope will be one step away from potentially being declared a saint. i'm joined now live from rome by msnbc's chris jansing, with anot...