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Code: ZE04092005 Date: 2004-09-21 Beatification Nears for Charles I and Anna Emmerick Oct. 3 Event Scheduled VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 20, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II will soon beatify five people, including Emperor Charles I of Austria and German mystic Anna Katharina Emmerick, whose writings influenced Mel Gibson in the production of "The Passion of the Christ." The Holy See today published the list of the Servants of God to be beatified Oct. 3, when it announced the Pope's upcoming key liturgical celebrations. Charles I of Habsburg (1887-1922) was proclaimed emperor of Austria in 1916. In March 1919 he was...

Code: ZE04052810 Date: 2004-05-28 Mystic Who Helped Inspire "The Passion" to Be Beatified in October Date Set for Anna Katharina Emmerick, as Well as Karl I of Austria VATICAN CITY, MAY 28, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The German mystic whose recorded visions helped inspire "The Passion of the Christ" will be beatified Oct. 3. Anna Katharina Emmerick (1774-1824) will be beatified at the Vatican along with Karl I (1887-1922), emperor of Austria and king of Hungary. The Vatican Secretariat of State communicated the news of Emmerick's beatification to the Muenster Diocese. Emmerick, an Augustinian religious and a native of Westphalia, "bore...