This combination picture made up of four images shows the uncovering of the banner featuring Pope John Paul II, in a ceremony signifying the moment of his beatification in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI hailed John Paul II's "strength of a titan" in defending Christianity against "a tide which appeared irreversible" in a homily in Saint Peter's Square. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO