Two more popes canonized in Vatican City
- 10 years ago
Crowds of pilgrims revelled in Rome on Saturday a day before Pope Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI confer sainthood on John Paul II and John XXIII in a historic effort to unite the Catholic Church. Tens of thousands of people including families and singing groups of Scouts armed with folding chairs and sleeping mats milled around St Peter's Square, trying to stake out their places for the ceremony on Sunday.