31. John Paul will also beatify 28 people, most of them considered martyrs under the Nazis or communists. 32. The pope plans to beatify three Catholic priests who were executed in 1952 after being convicted of spying. 33. John Paul also will beatify two Mexican Indians martyred in 1700, placing them a step from sainthood. 34. A campaign to beatify him was started in June 2001, based in his home parish of Litzelstetten. 35. Pope John Paul II will visit Sri Lanka on Jan . 20 to beatify a 17th century Indian missionary. 36. The Catholic diocese in Linz, Austria has begun investigations necessary to beatify Jaegerstaetter, a step toward sainthood. 37. It said Monday that he would beatify Maribor's late bishop, Anton Slomsek, while in Slovenia. 38. The debate has intensified with plans to beatify Pope Pius XII, putting him on the path to sainthood. 39. Varela is a candidate for sainthood and there is speculation John Paul will beatify him during his trip to Cuba. 40. Jewish groups dispute the Vatican's defense of Pius XII, and bitterly oppose any plans to beatify him.
