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In this handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office on May 1, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI blesses French nun Marie Simon-Pierre, whose unexplained healing was the miracle that qualified his predecessor Pope John Paul II for beatification during the beatification at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. 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"