page_title: Beatification
hierarchical_section_title: Beatification
caption_attribution_description: English: Pope John Paul II in Brazil Polski: Papież Jan Paweł II w Brazylii. Português: Papa João Paulo II acena para o público durante missa no Aterro do Flamengo.
context_page_description: Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification.
context_section_description: Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification.
caption: 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.
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