Pope Francis - The pope has also continued the practice of having beatifications
Time: Saturday Aug 16, 2014
Place: Vatican City
Details: The pope has also continued the practice of having beatifications celebrated in the place of the individual's origin though has presided over beatifications himself on three occasions for Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123 companions on 16 August 2014, his predecessor Pope Paul VI on 19 October 2014 and two Colombian martyrs on 8 September 2017.
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