{"id":6051,"date":"2013-07-06T03:25:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/john-paul-ii-john-xxiii-canonized-by-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2013-07-06T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T03:25:25","slug":"john-paul-ii-john-xxiii-canonized-by-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/john-paul-ii-john-xxiii-canonized-by-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"John Paul II, John XXIII canonized by Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens Platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis gave the go-ahead on Friday for John Paul II to be made saint and granted a rare exception for canonization at the same time for John XXIII, who had the same reformist views and personal touch as the current pontiff.<\/p>\n

The announcement marked a historic day at the Vatican, which also issued an unprecedented text co-written by Francis and his living predecessor Benedict XVI in which the two popes said faith was a \u201ccommon good\u201d and called for dialogue with non-believers.<\/p>\n

The Vatican said Francis gave his widely expected formal approval to a second miracle attributed to John Paul II (1978-2005) at a meeting with Cardinal Angelo Amato, head of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<\/p>\n

The supposed miracle occurred to a woman in Costa Rica, the Vatican said, following media reports that she had been cured of a serious brain condition by praying for the late pope\u2019s intercession on the same day that he was beatified in 2011.<\/p>\n

John Paul II (1978-2005) was hugely popular among Catholics through his 27-year papacy, and helped topple Communism although he alienated many with his conservative views and was blamed for hushing up multiple scandals over paedophile priests.<\/p>\n

At his funeral in 2005, crowds of mourners cried \u201cSanto Subito!\u201d \u2014 which roughly translates as \u201cSainthood Now!\u201d \u2014 prompting the Vatican to speed up the path to sainthood, which normally begins five years after the death of the person in question.<\/p>\n

In the case of John XXIII (1958-1963), Francis \u201capproved the favourable votes\u201d from the Congregation for the canonisation even though no second miracle has been found, in a break with the usual procedure.<\/p>\n

The long road to sainthood normally requires two \u201cconfirmed\u201d miracles, the first of which is necessary for beatification, a hurdle the Polish pope cleared just six months after his death.<\/p>\n

That was the healing of a French nun, Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, whose recovery from Parkinson\u2019s disease after praying for the late John Paul II\u2019s intercession apparently had no medical explanation.<\/p>\n

The announcement on John XXIII was greeted with bells ringing out in a parish church in the village of Sotto Il Monte in northern Italy where he came from.<\/p>\n

A consistory, a meeting of cardinals, will now be held to determine the exact date for the canonisations but Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said they would take place \u201cbefore the end of the year\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u201cThe Good Pope\u201d, John XXIII made his name by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) which overhauled and modernised the Catholic Church\u2019s rituals and doctrines.<\/p>\n

Francis was elected by a conclave of cardinals to succeed him in March, becoming the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years. (AFP)<\/p>\n

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