Today 1st of May Pope John Paul II would be one step closer to sainthood as he would be Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI. The event which is scheduled to take place at the St, Peter's Square at the Vatican is estimated to see a crowd of over one million people in attendance. Among those expected are some ninety delegations from around the world, members of five European royal families and sixteen heads of state which also includes Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe.
Program is to be aired live on CNN.
