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A priest raises the chalice as he celebrates Mass in honor of Sts. John Paul II and John XXIII in the ski resort Kasprowy Wierch in Poland's Tatra Mountains April 27. That day at the Vatican, Pope Francis canonized the two former popes.

Tens of thousands travel to southern Poland to celebrate St. John Paul

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KRAKOW, Poland - Tens of thousands of Polish Catholics celebrated their country's newest saint -- John Paul II -- by converging on the southern city where he served as cardinal-archbishop before becoming pope.

Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 11, 1962. Blessed John XXIII felt the council was necessary to bring the Church into the modern world.

Calling Vatican II was an act of faith

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VATICAN CITY - Blessed John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council in the conviction that it was necessary for the Catholic Church, yet without pre-conceived ideas of what it would accomplish, said Vatican II participants who recalled the event half a century later.

Pope John Paul II, in a black ski jacket and hat, prays with a group of skiers before heading down a slope in Italy in 1984.

An innovative pontiff

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VATICAN CITY - The first anniversary of Pope Francis’ election brought stories highlighting the unique style he has brought to the papacy. But maybe people have forgotten how much of what passes today for papal “tradition” was actually an innovation of Pope John Paul II.

Pope John Paul II celebrated his final international World Youth Day in Toronto in 2002. The trip was one of 104 trips outside of Italy to 129 countries.

John Paul brought moral force, intellect, flair to world stage

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VATICAN CITY - Blessed John Paul II is remembered as was one of the most forceful moral leaders of the modern age.

Blessed John XXIII is pictured in the Vatican Gardens with the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in the background in this undated photo.

Pope John XXIII often skirted protocol

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VATICAN CITY - Blessed John XXIII struggled to shake off many formalities that came with the papacy and often conspired with his valet to sneak out of the Vatican.

Pope John XXIII signs the bull convoking the Second Vatican Council Dec. 25, 1961. The council’s four sessions and its 16 landmark documents modernized the Church.

Short pontificate left a long legacy

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VATICAN CITY - A plump, elderly, smiling Italian of peasant origins, Pope John XXIII brought a humble yet charismatic, personal style to the papacy. He placed great importance on his modest upbringing in a village about 40 km northeast of Milan, saying: “I come from the country, from poverty,” adding it was a “happy and blessed poverty — not cursed, not endured.”

Pope John Paul II greets Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Vatican in this Dec. 1, 1989, file photo.

John Paul II’s influence key to fall of communism

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VATICAN CITY - Catholics venerate Blessed John Paul II for his holiness, as demonstrated, among other ways, by his globetrotting evangelism and long-suffering endurance in the papacy despite his illness.

A woman takes a picture of an illustration depicting Blessed John Paul II, left, Pope Francis and Blessed John XXIII outside a shop in Rome April 23. Pope Francis expressed his hopes that the two soon-to-be saints would continue to inspire the whole church in its mission.

Pope says he hopes new saints will inspire church to fulfill mission

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VATICAN CITY - Just days before Pope Francis was set to canonize two of his predecessors, he expressed his hopes the two soon-to-be saints would continue to inspire the whole church in its mission.

Daughter of Charity Sister Adele Labianca speaks during a press conference at the Vatican April 24 in advance of the canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II. At right is Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman. Sister Labianca gave her eyewitness account of the healing of Sister Caterina Capitani, the nun whose healing in 1966 was accepted as the miracle needed for the beatification of Pope John XXIII.

Women recount the stories of healing through intercession of popes

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VATICAN CITY - People said Floribeth Mora Diaz was crazy to think Blessed John Paul II interceded with God to heal her brain aneurysm, but if so, "then it is a blessed craziness, because I'm healthy," she told reporters at the Vatican.

Rome taking no chances with canonization plans

Rome taking no chances with canonization plans

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ROME - Rome city officials expect approximately three million people to gather April 27 for the canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II; that’s way too many people to watch the event near the Vatican, so they suggest the alternative of watching by the Colosseum and Roman Forum.

A capsule containing blood from Blessed John Paul II is displayed for veneration at the apostolic nunciature in Mexico City.

Prayer, charity surround John XXIII, John Paul II being declared saints

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VATICAN CITY - The rite of canonization for Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II April 27 will use the standard formula for the creation of new saints, but the Mass will be preceded by the recitation of the Divine Mercy chaplet, and it is possible retired Pope Benedict XVI will attend, the Vatican spokesman said.

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