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Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd from his jeep in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004, on the occasion of a beatification ceremony for six new people. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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Pope John Paul II waves to faithful at the end of a beatification ceremony in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 25, 2004. The Pope extended his record as a saint-maker on Sunday beatifing Portoguese woman Alexandrina Maria da Costa, two Latin American nuns, Colombian Laura Montoya and Mexican Maria Guadalupe, Polish bishop Augusto Czartoryski and two nuns from Italy and Spain, Nemesia Valle and Eusebia Palomino. (REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico)
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The tapestries of five of the six new people hang from St. Peter's Basilica during their beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II, bottom left, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. Tapestries from left; Italian nun Nemesia Valle, Polish priest August Czartoryski, Colombian sister Laura Montoya, Mexican Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, and Portuguese Alexandrina Maria da Costa. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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The tapestries of the six new people hang from St. Peter's Basilica during their beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. Tapestries from left; Spanish nun Eusebia Paolomino Yenes, Italian nun Nemesia Valle, Polish priest August Czartoryski, Colombian sister Laura Montoya, Mexican Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, and Portuguese Alexandrina Maria da Costa. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) |
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A tapestry of Polish priest August Czartoryski hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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A tapestry of Spanish nun Eusebia Palomino Yenes hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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A tapestry of Portuguese lay Salesian cooperator Alexandrina Maria da Costa hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. Statue at left is of St. Paul. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) |
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A tapestry of Mexican Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, co-founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Saint Margaret Mary and the Poor, hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) |
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A tapestry of Italian nun Nemesia Valle hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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A tapestry of Colombian sister Laura Montoya hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti) |
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A man uncovers the tapestry of Spanish nun Eusebia Palomino Yenes, which hangs from St. Peter's Basilica during a beatification ceremony by Pope John Paul II for six new people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2004. The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood, beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) |
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