April 28, 2014
Pilgrims gather to celebrate the canonisation of Pope John Paul II near Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Krakow. Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963 and called the modernising Second Vatican Council, and Pope John Paul II, who reigned for nearly 27 years before his death in 2005 and whose trips around the world made him the most visible pope in history, will be declared saints by Pope Francis at an unprecedented twin canonisation on Sunday.
