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In this handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office on May 1, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI kneels before the coffin of his predecessor Pope John Paul II in 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/HO"