And, paying tribute to Cardinal Newman, the pontiff said the beatification was an "auspicious" day.
The Pope paid tribute to Cardinal Newman's insights into the vital place of "religion in civilised society".
About 600 pupils at Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic School will be affected.
From September, the majority of Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic School will lose the free bus travel available to those living over three miles away.
Parents of pupils at Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic School hope Monday's extra traffic will show what would happen if they had to do it every day.
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Parents of pupils at Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic School said they hoped the extra traffic would show what would happen if they had to do it every day.
Instead, he goes back, somewhat sheepishly, to Cardinal Newman.
The university, which has 3, 000 students, was established in 1968 and is named after its patron, Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, who was beatified during the Pope's visit to Birmingham in 2010.
And the Cardinal Newman Society at Notre Dame reports one quarter of a million signatures on its petition asking the President not speak and receive a degree at the May 17th commencement, and they are joined by 19 Catholic bishops, including Cardinal George of Chicago and now 10 clergy of the Holy Cross order that runs Notre Dame.
Dioceses in England and Wales have reported thousands of unfilled places for a vigil in London's Hyde Park on Saturday and a beatification Mass in Birmingham on Sunday for 19th Century cardinal John Henry Newman.
It has been reported Mr Brown suggested a visit could coincide with the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman - a famous British convert to Catholicism, who died in 1890 - expected within the next two years.
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.
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