Pope Visits Poles & Auschwitz-JPII Will Soon Be Saint

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Pope Benedict XVI Vists Poland & Auschwitz, Promises John Paul II Will Soon Be a Saint [ARTICLE]

Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Poland, birthplace and long time home of his predessor, Pope John Paul II. In a brief statement, the Pope said that, "Your Cardinal Stanislaw expresses the hope, as do I, that in the near future we will be able to enjoy the beatification and canonization of John Paul II." The Pope is also to visit the Auschwitz, an old Nazi extermination camp, that was the deathplace of 1.5 million people, most of them Jews.