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People often beatify their homes with paper cuttings.
人們常用剪紙美化家居環境。
Half a century ago, for a pope to beatify Newman on British soil would have been an “intensely provocative act”, suggests John Wolffe of the Open University.
如果教皇在半個世紀以前在英國國土上爲紐曼賜福，那將是“非常具有挑釁性的行爲”，開放大學的約翰•沃爾夫這樣說。
On September 19th, Pope Benedict is due to beatify Newman (who converted to Rome and became a cardinal) at a mass in Birmingham: the ceremony is meant to be the highlight of his visit.
9月19日，本篤教皇將在伯明翰擧行的一個彌撒儀式上爲紐曼賜福（他已經皈依羅馬竝成爲一名紅衣主教）：該儀式本應是教皇此次出訪英國的高潮。

Was this really the time to beatify a pope who had mishandled such a high-profile case of sex abuse?
FORBES: Book Notes: The Vatican Diaries
On September 19th, Pope Benedict is due to beatify Newman (who converted to Rome and became a cardinal) at a mass in Birmingham: the ceremony is meant to be the highlight of his visit.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot

to announce formally in the Roman Catholic Church that someone who is dead has lived a holy life, usually as the first stage in making that person a saint

When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step toward making them a saint.
beatification