Cardinals wait to pay their homage in front of the casket of late Pope John Paul II, laid out in state at the Altar of the Confession inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the end of a solemn celebration in St. Peter's Square where he was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the fastest beatification in modern times. More than a million faithful have attended the celebration at the Vatican and surrounding streets. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)