VATICAN CITY - Some 1.5 million pilgrims flooded Rome Sunday towatch Pope John Paul II move a step closer to sainthood in one ofthe largest Vatican Masses in history, an outpouring of adorationfor a beloved and historic figure after years marred by churchscandal.
The turnout for the beatification far exceeded even the mostoptimistic expectation of 1 million people, the number Rome cityofficials predicted. For Catholics filling St. Peter's Square andstreets and watching around the world, the beatification was awelcome hearkening back to the days when the pope was almostuniversally beloved.
"He was like a king to us, like a father," Marynka Ulaszewska, …
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