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...Pope John Paul II's funeral in 2005, those gathered at St. Peter's Basilica shouted "Santo subito!" - Sainthood now! The current pope, Benedict XVI, began the beatification process for John Paul II within a month of his death, waiving the five-year waiting period usually required between a candidate's death and the beatification process...
...though, there's just one "papal" transition to worry about. The delegates will do their voting inside the Jesuits' vast, marble-lined headquarters on Borgo Santo Spirito. Doors closed, no outsiders allowed in. When one man has received the necessary majority, rather than white smoke, we'll know there is a new "black pope" by the sound of applause through the wooden doors of the Jesuit sala. As for revealing the new Superior General's identity to the world: before the delegates are allowed to leave the voting hall, a lone messenger will take the short walk over...
...long ago, Medellin, not Baghdad, was considered the world's most violent city. Now where gun battles between drug gangs once raged in the Santo Domingo-Savio neighborhood sits a shiny new library: a perfect place to enjoy a book, and an even better place to witness the transformation of a city and of an entire country, Colombia, once known as the global capital of murder, kidnap and cocaine...
...held in the Temple of Venus, in front of the Colosseum. The famous Roman set designer, Dante Ferretti, created a breathtaking colonnade of columns lit from within. And on Saturday, Valentino will show his haute couture collection in the Baglivi and Incisa halls of the Monumental Complex of the Santo Spirito in Sassia, the oldest charitable institution of Rome, followed by a gala dinner in the Villa Borghese gardens. If this is 45, one guest wondered, what will 50 be like...
...Santo Trafficante, the top Florida mobster, to an FBI informer in August...