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That benedict xvi on this day might expect? >> well, the pattern has to be to connenize every pope. one of the popes that we leapfrogged over was pope john xxiii whomd be a much less controversial figure at this point in time. but there have been lots of folks that haven't been canonized. it shouldn't simply be a pattern that if you're a pope, you shouldn't be a saint. in fact, the history of the papacy would suggest that's not a pattern. doing this so quickly is a statement on his papacy. >> thomas, thanks so much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> we're going to ask us to stay with us ...

Beatified. it couldn't have happened to a better person. i hope by the time he's actually turned into a saint stripes some people. maybe they'll gain some many as to what he actually did when he was alive and the good that he did for the world. >> we're going to return now to live coverage of the beatification mass under way in st. peter's square in the vatican city. this is benedict xvi proclaiming the homily. tell us what they are saying. >> i have personal, i think it's probably going to get more personal as we go along here. basically, he has so far reminded people about the last time they...

That is inevitable and still to come. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's bring you live pictures once again of the ceremony under way, john paul ii, 264th pope of the roman catholic church is beatified, proclaimed as a blessant servant of god. >> just a short moment ago, his tapestry is unveiled before the enormous crowd gathered there, benedict xvi having read the proclamation of his beatification. and there, once again, an image that will stay with us, a relic, a vial of his blood presented to benedict 16 by the nun who said his miracle cured her of parkinson's disease....

Abuse crisis unfolded towards the end of his painsy. they would go on to say, however, that he did kick start a process of reform in 2001 that has come to full flower under his successor, benedict xvi. >> it's a tricky distinction. the vatican always said when a pope is beatified, it's not the same thing as ratifying everything from his papacy. they made it clear this is not an endorsement of the jewish

Christ is the redeemer of man. >> benedict xvi, the beatification mass of john paul ii, six years after his death. john paul ii is proclaimed blessed by the hope and by the church. one step closer to a sainthood. you're watching live pictures now from rome, a crowd of more than a million people crowding and spilling out of st. peter's square. so many people, the biggest crowd we have seen there since john paul ii's death. for catholics around the world, for people who have been so fired up by this man and by this memory, vindication, i can, but