BEATIFICATION OF POPES PIUS IX AND JOHN XXIII

VATICAN CITY, AUG 29, 2000 (VIS) - At 10 a.m. on Sunday, September 3, the Holy Father John Paul II will celebrate the Eucharist in St. Peter's Square and proclaim Blesseds the Servants of God: Pius IX (1792 - 1878), Pope; John XXIII (1881 - 1963), Pope; Tommaso Reggio (1818 - 1901), bishop and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha; Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade (1761 - 1850), priest and founder of the Society of Mary and the Institute of Sisters of Mary Immaculate; Columba Marmion (1858 - 1923), abbot of the order of St. Benedict.

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