The Pope\u2019s visit to Benedict XVI came on the eve of the Canonization Mass during which\u00a0Pope Paul VI,\u00a0<\/b>Archbishop Oscar Romero and five others were elevated to Sainthood.<\/p>\n
Benedict XVI\u00a0<\/b>was created a Cardinal by Pope Paul VI during his last Consistory on 27 June 1977.<\/p>\n
On 27 April 2014, the Pope Emeritus concelebrated the Canonization Mass presided over by Pope Francis, of his predecessors John Paul II and John XXIII: a Mass that has gone down in history as the Mass \u201cof the four Popes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This photo was released Saturday by Vatican Media with the notation: The Pope\u2019s visit to Benedict XVI came on the eve of the Canonization Mass during which\u00a0Pope Paul VI,\u00a0Archbishop Oscar Romero and five others were elevated to Sainthood. Benedict XVI\u00a0was created a Cardinal by Pope Paul VI during his last Consistory on 27 June 1977. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":291687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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