Pope Beatifies Paul the Sixth

Pope Francis has moved one of his predecessors closer to sainthood, beatifying Pope Paul the Sixth in a Mass on the last day of the meeting of bishops and church leaders in Rome. Paul was elected in 1963, succeeding the popular Pope John the 23rd and inheriting the responsibility of implementing the reforms of Vatican 2.    Paul oversaw the Church's transformation of saying the Mass in local languages instead of Latin.  Paul also visited a number of continents during...

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