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In this handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office on May 1, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI kisses the casket bearing the relic of his predecessor Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican following his beatification. 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. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/OSSERVATORE ROMANO"