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| L-R: Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII were declared saints today |
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Pope Francis
in a solemn ceremony in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican canonized Pope John
XXIII and Pope John Paul II today the Divine Mercy Sunday, dear to both the
newly proclaimed saints. Pope John XXIII had died fifty years ago and Pope John
Paul II nine.
Present for
the ceremony today were almost a million spectators and devotees as well as
about a hundred foreign delegates ranging from heads of state, government and
royal dignitaries and ecclesiastical officials, including Pope Emeritus
Benedict XVI, reports news.va.
In his
homily, Pope Francis “highlighted the importance of the Second Vatican Council.
How these two Popes had cooperated with the Holy Spirit in renewing and
updating the Church while keeping the features which the saints have given Her
down the centuries.”
Pope John
XXIII hails from Sotto il Monte in the Diocese of Bergamo in northern Italy and
Pope John Paul II comes from Wadowice in the Archdiocese of Kracow in Poland.
For details
of the canonization ceremony and lives of these popes, you may visit the
following:
- Pope Francis makes history with dual canonization of Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II
- John XXIII, John Paul II declared saints in historic canonization
- The day of four popes: John XXIII and John Paul II raised to the altars in historic first
- Sainthood for John Paul II and John XXIII, as crowds pack St. Peter's Square
- Pope John XXIII
- Pope John XXIII (1958 - 1963)
- The life of Pope John XXIII
- Pope John Paul II
- John Paul II
- John Paul II: His Life and Papacy
- Flirting With the Past: Pope John Paul II Visits Bangladesh on November 19, 1986
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