The Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II As a Catholic and, having seen Pope John Paul II in person in Chicago in October of 1979, I was excited to experience the canonization of him and Pope John XXIII, albeit via TV. My 19 year-old daughter, a close teacher friend from St. Lawrence Elementary School and I rode the train to Chicago to be part of the sea of people congregated in Grant Park. Pope John Paul II greeted the worshipers in several different languages. There upon he celebrated the Mass with more than 350 bishops from North America. I think that I surely was not the only person there who felt the sensation of goose bumps developing on one’s skin. I felt the same phenomenon when Pope Francis declared the canonization of these two beloved popes. Pope Francis greeting Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI one of three petitions for the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Pa...
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