Martyrs, miracles and the stuff of making saints

By Nicole Winfield

Published April 24, 2014 5:28pm ET

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Martyrs, miracles and the stuff of making saints — Floribeth Mora, a Costa Rican woman whose inoperable brain aneurysm purportedly disappeared after she prayed to John Paul II, walks past a statue of him made by Polish artist Anna Gulak as she leaves after a press conference at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2014. John Paul II will be made saint together with late Pope John XXIII during a solemn ceremony at the Vatican Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) | Alessandra Tarantino

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church makes saints to give the faithful role models. The process is cloaked in secrecy and open to criticism, given that it deals with science-defying miracles and notoriously politicized choices. In Sunday’s dual papal canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII, it also involves rule-breaking, fast-track procedures.

But saints aren’t going away anytime soon.

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