On Tuesday the Vatican released the program for the beatification of John Paul II. The Holy Father will be beatified Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1. I'm very much looking forward to the event and want to spiritually prepare in some way. The Holy Father's coffin will be transferred upstairs and placed before the Altar of Confession in the Basilica for the ceremony, and later placed in its new space in the Chapel of St. Sebastian in the Basilica.
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Link to Vatican Information Service for more details.
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Art: The best icon I've seen of John Paul II, by local iconographer, Nicholas Markell.
