Pope Beatifies Paul VI

Pope Francis has moved one of his predecessors closer to sainthood, beatifying Pope Paul VI 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 XXIII and inheriting the responsibility of implementing the reforms of Vatican II.   Paul oversaw the Church's transformation of saying the Mass in local languages instead of Latin.  Paul also visited a number of continents during his...

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