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People often beatify their homes with paper cuttings.
人们常用剪纸美化家居环境。
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.
如果教皇在半个世纪以前在英国国土上为纽曼赐福，那将是“非常具有挑衅性的行为”，开放大学的约翰•沃尔夫这样说。
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，本笃教皇将在伯明翰举行的一个弥撒仪式上为纽曼赐福（他已经皈依罗马并成为一名红衣主教）：该仪式本应是教皇此次出访英国的高潮。

Was this really the time to beatify a pope who had mishandled such a high-profile case of sex abuse?
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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