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FILE - In this June 16, 1999 file photo Pope John Paul II waves from outside the basilica during his visit to Wadowice, Poland, the town where he was born and grew up. The basilica was his parish church, where he was baptized, served as an altar boy and stopped to pray on his way to school. A central point in Wadowice, the basilica has a chapel dedicated to John Paul with a reliquary containing a drop of his blood. (AP/Photo Rudi Blaha, File)

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5 places in Poland associated with John Paul II

April 26, 2014 7:54 am

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Francis praises saintly popes as good, heroic

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April 26, 2014 6:48 am

Women cross themselves as they walk past an effigy of Pope John Paul II, kept under glass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Friday, April 25, 2014. The canonization of Pope John Paul II is drawing special attention in Latin America, reviving both warm memories of his frequent visits to the region and debate over his handling of sex-abuse scandals.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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John Paul II sainthood stirs Latin Americans

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April 26, 2014 12:25 am

Former Pope John Paul II spokesperson Joaquin Navarro-Valls arrives at a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2014. Hundred thousands of pilgrims and faithful are expected to reach Rome to attend the scheduled April 27 ceremony at the Vatican in which Pope Francis will elevate in a solemn ceremony John XXIII and John Paul II to sainthood. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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John Paul biographer, aide defend sex abuse record

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April 25, 2014 7:57 pm

Pope Francis is silhouetted as he leaves after his meeting with Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama and his wife Linda, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

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Vatican: Pope’s private calls don’t reflect policy

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April 24, 2014 7:48 pm

A picture of late Pope John Paul II is displayed inside St. Sprit in Sassia church during a mass in Rome, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Hundred thousands of pilgrims and faithful are expected to reach Rome to attend the scheduled April 27 ceremony at the Vatican in which Pope Francis will elevate in a solemn ceremony John XXIII and John Paul II to sainthood. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A look at deeds and words of John Paul II

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April 24, 2014 5:49 pm

A detail of the bullet drilled and bloodstained undershirt worn by Pope John Paul II during the assassination attempt on May, 13, 1981, kept at the Daughters of Charity, in Rome, Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Bloodied shirt, unwashed fork: JPII relics abound

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April 24, 2014 10:26 am

FILE - In this April 15, 1963 file photo, Pope John XXIII sits at his working desk in his studio in a IX century tower in the Vatican gardens. In background the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. The Pontiff found the tower - once a fortress and later the Vatican observatory - abandoned and in decay. He liked it, particularly for the beautiful view from its covered terrace, embracing a great part of Rome and the surrounding country, in clear weather as far as the sea, distant about 25 kilometers (16 miles). He had it repaired and spends many days working in the studio he has had arranged there. While much of the focus of Sunday's dual canonization will be on Pope John Paul II's globe-trotting, 26-year papacy and his near-record sprint to sainthood, many older Catholics will be celebrating the short but historic pontificate of the

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Pope John XXIII launched Vatican II and then some

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April 23, 2014 6:33 am

Baltimore archbishop to see canonizations

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April 22, 2014 7:34 pm

Monsignor Slawomir Oder, postulator of late Pope John Paul II, right, speaks during a press conference in Vatican City, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Polish priest Oder, who has spearheaded the case to make Pope John Paul II a saint, says there is no documentation that he had any

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John Paul saint-maker: Pope not involved in Legion

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April 22, 2014 5:45 pm

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5 places in Poland associated with John Paul II

Francis praises saintly popes as good, heroic

John Paul II sainthood stirs Latin Americans

John Paul biographer, aide defend sex abuse record

Vatican: Pope’s private calls don’t reflect policy

A look at deeds and words of John Paul II

Bloodied shirt, unwashed fork: JPII relics abound

Pope John XXIII launched Vatican II and then some

Baltimore archbishop to see canonizations

John Paul saint-maker: Pope not involved in Legion

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