FILE: The Vatican says Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963, will be made a saint

Record ID: 559695

  • Title: FILE: The Vatican says Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963, will be made a saint
  • Date: 5th July 2013
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (FILE - MAY 28, 1959) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (ALSO SEE 3700/59) **VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING** VARIOUS OF PROCESSION EN ROUTE TO COLOSSEUM NUNS KNEELING IN PRAYER AS POPE JOHN PASSES POPE JOHN ARRIVING AT CONSTANTINE ARCH CROWD KNEELING IN PRAYER POPE AT ALTAR, PERFORMING BENEDICTION TOP VIEW PAN OF MASS CROWD AROUND CONSTANTINE ARCH PAN FROM ARCH TO POPE ADDRESSING CROWD VARIOUS OF POPE ADDRESSING CROWD CROWD CLAPPING POPE BLESSING THE CROWD TOP VIEW OF CROWD
  • Embargoed: 20th July 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Religion,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA299Q4MRZOP690TCX7JM7LIAS3
  • Story Text: The Vatican said on Friday (July 5) that Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican Council - which enacted sweeping reforms to modernise the Church - would be made a saint.
    The late Pope John Paul II would also be made a saint, according to the Vatican, announcing that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed to the Polish pontiff, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005.
    No dates for the canonisation ceremonies were immediately given but the Vatican said they were expected by the end of the year.
    The miracle attributed to John Paul's intercession is the inexplicable curing of a woman from Costa Rica who prayed to him for help with her medical condition on the day of his beatification. Details of that miracle were due to be announced in Costa Rica on Friday.
    In the case of Pope John XXIII, who was known as the "good pope", Francis waved the customary rules which require a second miracle after beatification, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said. John XXIII was beatified in 2000.
    Two confirmed miracles are usually required under Vatican rules for the declaration of a saint.
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