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Rome, Italy, Sep 30, 2013 \/ 03:34 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Vatican has announced that former Popes John Paul II and John XXIII are slated to be canonized this coming spring.<\/p>\n

\tThe announcement was made following the Sept. 30 consistory, in which the Holy Father proclaimed that the pontiffs would be canonized together April 27, 2014 on the second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday.<\/p>\n

\tA consistory is a meeting where the Pope and the College of Cardinals come together to discuss and determine dates for current causes of beatification or canonization.<\/p>\n

\tIn recent months, the final steps paving the way towards Bl. John Paul II\u2019s canonization, including the approval of the second needed miracle, have been completed.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, in the case of John XXIII, only one miracle has been formally approved by the Vatican, instead of the usual two. Although the decision to waive the second miracle is unusual, it is within the authority of the Pope to do so.<\/p>\n

\tWhen the decision was announced earlier this summer, Vatican press office director Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. explained that since there was already one approved miracle allowing Pope John XXIII to be beatified, the canonization will still be valid, even without a second miracle.<\/p>\n

\tBl. John XXII is most known for his encyclical \u201cPacem in Terris,\u201d and for his calling of the Second Vatican Council, the 50th anniversary of which is currently being celebrated during the Year of Faith.<\/p>\n

\tBl. John Paul II is perhaps one of the most well-known pontiffs in recent history, and is most remembered for his charismatic nature, his love of youth and his world travels, along with his role in the fall of communism in Europe during his 27-year papacy.<\/p>\n

\tThe cherished Polish Pope died in 2005, marking his 2011 beatification as one of the quickest in recent Church history, and is the first Pope to be beatified by his immediate successor.<\/p>\n

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