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People often beatify their homes with paper cuttings.
人們常用剪紙美化家居環(huán)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(gè)世紀(jì)以前在英國(guó)國(guó)土上爲(wèi)紐曼賜福，那將是“非常具有挑釁性的行爲(wèi)”，開(kāi)放大學(xué)的約翰?沃爾夫這樣說(shuō)。
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(gè)彌撒儀式上爲(wèi)紐曼賜福（他已經(jīng)皈依羅馬竝成爲(wèi)一名紅衣主教）：該儀式本應(yīng)是教皇此次出訪英國(guó)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