Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. Beati is the plura
Pope John Paul I (1912–1978), beatified on 4 September 2022 by Pope Francis. He is the most recent pontiff to be beatified.
Pictured is Pope John Paul II. He has beatified more people than all his predecessors had during the previous 400 years, and was himself beatified in 2011.
Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, giving rise to the f
Albino Luciani approximately at the age of 10, c. 1922–23
Pope Paul VI makes Luciani a cardinal in 1973.