Pope Benedict XVI said Friday he had begun the process for the sainthood of Pope John Paul II, overriding the usual five-year waiting period following the death of a possible candidate.
John Paul himself lifted the five-year waiting period for Mother Teresa, after the death of the nun who dedicated her life to caring for India's poorest people.
But Vatican experts have noted that, even with the waiting period lifted, a lengthy investigation into John Paul's life and confirmation of a miracle attributed to him would be required before he could be beatified.
Vatican procedures in place for some 500 years require one miracle for someone to be beatified and a second to be canonized.
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