Emperor and mystic nun beatified: "Pope John Paul II has declared five Roman Catholics blessed, including the last Austro-Hungarian emperor and a nun who inspired a Hollywood film... Beatification is the penultimate step on the path to full sainthood... However, the beatification of Emperor Karl I has been criticised by some as he authorised the use of poison gas by his army in World War I... Karl I sat on the throne of the now defunct empire between 1916 and 1918... According to the Vatican, he cured a Brazilian nun of varicose veins."
