Miracles happen at beatification, pilgrims say 

Submitted on May 04, 2011
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Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
Pope Benedict XVI arrived to celebrate the beatification Mass of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 1.
Pope Benedict XVI arrived to celebrate the beatification Mass of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 1.
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VATICAN CITY — Blessed Pope John Paul II worked a number of miracles at his beatification, some pilgrims said. Weather forecasts of a weekend of heavy rains turned into innocuous grey clouds April 30 and then sunny skies May 1. "We prayed to John Paul that it wouldn't rain," said Josephine Faehrmann from Sydney, Australia, who was planning to sleep outside with her friends.

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