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.
The
beatification of John Paul – which is a step toward sainthood – was started by
his successor, Benedict XVI, after John Paul died in 2005. The Vatican said at
the time that it waived its usual five-year waiting period to begin the process
because of “exceptional circumstances,” according to The Guardian.
A
first miracle was attributed to John Paul in 2011, in which the Vatican said a
French nun that was dying of Parkinson’s disease was cured after she and other
nuns prayed for the intercession of John Paul.
John Paul’s second miracle was approved by Francis
three months ago. A 50-year-old Costa Rican woman said she was cured of a brain
aneurysm after a photo of John Paul appeared to talk to her, The Guardian
reports.
John XXIII was pope from 1958-1963 and called the
Second Vatican Council which transformed the church, according to the BBC.
Source:
BBC
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