Pope John Paul II to be beatified on May 1!

Big news surrounding one of my greatest spiritual heroes:

Finally, on 11 January 2011 the ordinary session of the cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints took place. They expressed their unanimous approval, believing the recovery of Sr. Marie Simon Pierre to be miraculous, having been achieved by God in a scientifically inexplicable manner following the intercession of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II, trustingly invoked both by Sr. Simon herself and by many other faithful.

Read more from the Vatican Information Service. After May 1, he will then be known as Pope Blessed John Paul II (unless, that is, he becomes canonized soon thereafter)!

(HT: CatholicVote.org)