
Popes
John Paul II & John XXIII will be declared as saints next year, current
Pope Francis has announced. Francis announced the date during a meeting with
cardinals inside the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, and said the canonization is
set for April 27, 2014. Francis had announced in July he would canonize two of
the 20th century’s most influential popes together, approving a second miracle
attributed to John Paul. John XXIII has been also credited with a miracle.