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Now silent under the Taliban, a Kabul cinema awaits its fate. At least 16 heads of state and 87 official delegations from around the world will attend the beatification, the last step before sainthood in the Roman Catholic. While the overwhelming number of Catholics welcome it, a minority are opposed, with some saying it happened too fast. Liberals in the church say John Paul was too harsh with theological dissenters who wanted to help the poor, particularly in Latin America.

Some say John Paul should be held ultimately responsible for the sexual abuse scandals because they occurred or came to light when he was in charge. However, the exhumation on April 7 of a casket belonging to the beatified Pope Innocent XI , from the prominent chapel of Saint Sebastian to an ordinary spot farther into the basilica, is unprecedented. Essentially done to make room for John Paul II, the move has raised rumors of a plot within the Vatican to downgrade the somewhat thorny figure of a 17th-century pope in favor of the more popular figure of John Paul II.

The beloved pontiff now rests next to one of St. Peter's most admired attractions, Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta.