Pope John Paul 2 becomes a saint
Posted on: 28/Apr/2014 12:30:09 PM
Pope Francis canonized into sainthood two 20th Century popes at a Mass on Sunday celebrated before hundreds of thousands of people at the Vatican`s St. Peter`s Square, lauding his predecessors as "men of courage."
The crowd roared when Pope Francis read the formal proclamation of sainthood for Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II. The event drew scores of global leaders as well as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose decision to step down last year made Francis the leader of the world`s 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
