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c. 2000 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ In a solemn ceremony clouded by controversy, Pope John Paul II on Sunday (Sept. 3) beatified Pope John XXIII and his ``much loved but also hated and slandered'' 19th century predecessor, Pius IX. Some 100,000 pilgrims gath...



