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"It's almost as if he is here,"... Email Print Factbox Roman Catholic Church's saint-making process Fri, Apr 29 2011 Related News Timeline: Life and times of Pope John Paul II Fri, Apr 29 2011 Analysis & Opinion Factbox: Roman Catholic Church’s saint-making process Timeline: Life and times of Pope John Paul II Related Topics World » Lifestyle » Related Video New images show Japanese nuclear reactor appears stable 8:05am EDT Coffin of Pope John Paul II exhumed 1 / 6 A nun stands in St. Peter's square in front of a picture of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican April 30, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi By Philip Pullella and Catherine Hornby VATICAN CITY | Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:21am EDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people from around the world descended on Rome on Saturday for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, six years after his death. "It's almost as if he is here," said Enzo Arzellino, who traveled all night on a bus from southern Italy with his parish group to attend the beatification on Sunday. On Saturday, groups of pilgrims, many from the pope's native Poland, thronged St Peter's Square carrying their national flags and singing songs. "For the people he is already a saint. This is just a step toward official recognition from the church," Arzellino said. St Peter's Square, where the beatification takes place, was bedecked with portraits of the pope and 27 banners with photos reflecting an event in each year of his pontificate. Rome has been caught up in beatification fever. The city is festooned with posters of the pope on buses, taxis and hanging from lamp posts as it awaits one of the largest crowds since his 2005 funeral, when millions came. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who was at the pope's side for decades as his private secretary, said he was thrilled by the number of young people already in the square 24 hours before the beatification mass. "How marvelous. Look, just as they came on the day he died, this time they came to rejoice over his elevation. He is no longer in the tomb. The tomb has remained empty because he is here again," Dziwisz told Reuters in an interview in the square. COFFIN EXHUMED Pope John Paul's coffin was exhumed on Friday from the crypts below St Peter's Basilica and will be placed in front of the main altar. After Sunday's beatification mass, it will remain there and the basilica will remain open until all visitors who want to view it have done so. It will then be moved to a new crypt under an altar in a side chapel near Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta. The marble slab that covered his first burial place will be sent to Poland. Several hundred thousand people are expected at the mass in St Peter's Square on Sunday when John Paul's successor Pope Benedict XVI will pronounce a Latin formula declaring one of the most popular popes in history a "blessed" of the Church. One who will be sitting in a place of honor is Sister Marie Simon-Pierre Normand, a French nun who suffered from Parkinson's disease, the same ailment that afflicted the pope for the last 12 years of his life. The Vatican has deemed that Normand's otherwise inexplicable cure after she and her fellow nuns prayed to the dead pope was due to John Paul's intercession with God to perform a miracle, thus permitting the beatification to go ahead. Another miracle will have to be attributed to John Paul's intercession after the beatification in order for him to be declared a saint. Some 90 official delegations from around the world, including members of five European royal families and 16 heads of state, will attend the beatification. One is Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has been widely criticized for human rights abuses in his country. Mugabe is banned from traveling to the European Union, but the Vatican -- a sovereign state -- is not a member of the bloc. The leader of any country that has diplomatic relations with the Vatican can attend Vatican events. World Lifestyle Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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