Beatification

Pope John Paul II beatified more people than many of the popes before him put together.

Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed, Greek μακάριος, makarios and Latin facere, make) is a recognition given by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and power to help people who pray in his or her name. Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process. A person who is beatified is given the title "Blessed".

Beatification Media

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  Pope Pius IX (1792–1878), who was beatified on 3 September 2000, by Pope John Paul II

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  Pope John Paul II beatified more people than all his predecessors had during the previous 400 years, and was himself beatified six years after his death, on Divine Mercy Sunday 2011.

Other websites

• List of all Blesseds in the Catholic Church by Giga-Catholic Information.