| 31. | John Paul will also beatify 28 people, most of them considered martyrs under the Nazis or communists.
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| 32. | The pope plans to beatify three Catholic priests who were executed in 1952 after being convicted of spying.
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| 33. | John Paul also will beatify two Mexican Indians martyred in 1700, placing them a step from sainthood.
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| 34. | A campaign to beatify him was started in June 2001, based in his home parish of Litzelstetten.
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| 35. | Pope John Paul II will visit Sri Lanka on Jan . 20 to beatify a 17th century Indian missionary.
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| 36. | The Catholic diocese in Linz, Austria has begun investigations necessary to beatify Jaegerstaetter, a step toward sainthood.
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| 37. | It said Monday that he would beatify Maribor's late bishop, Anton Slomsek, while in Slovenia.
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| 38. | The debate has intensified with plans to beatify Pope Pius XII, putting him on the path to sainthood.
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| 39. | Varela is a candidate for sainthood and there is speculation John Paul will beatify him during his trip to Cuba.
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| 40. | Jewish groups dispute the Vatican's defense of Pius XII, and bitterly oppose any plans to beatify him.
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