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In this handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office on May 1, 2011, Swiss guards stand beside the coffin of Pope John Paul II following his 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"