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Sunday, April 27, 2014
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
Paraguay's people react as they look at a TV screen showing the Vatican ceremony for a historic day of four popes, with Popes Francis and Benedict XVI honoring John XXIII and John Paul II by declaring them saints, at Nazareth church in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
People pray as Pope Francis leads a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns hold up a poster with portraits of Pope John Paul II, left, and John XXIII, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns pray as Pope Francis leads a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Pope Francis greets faithful as he is driven through the crowd along Via della Conciliazione after celebrating the ceremony for the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints before some 800,000 people on Sunday, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence in St. Peter's Square of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Nuns watch from a window in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Tens of thousands of people have filled St. Peter's Square for a historic day of four popes, with Popes Francis and Benedict XVI honoring John XXIII and John Paul II by declaring them saints in the first ever canonization of two pontiffs. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A Filipino girl stands in the crowd as Pope Francis delivers his homily during the live satellite broadcast of the canonization or the elevation to sainthood in the Vatican of Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII on Sunday, April 27, 2014 in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. The predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines joins several nations worldwide in the celebration of canonization of the two Popes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
People fill via della Conciliazione, the road leading to St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Thousands of people gather in front of God?s Mercy sanctuary in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, April 27, 2014, to attend a mass and watch live from the Vatican as Pope Francis declares Polish-born Pope John Paul II a saint. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A tapestry with the portrait of Pope John Paul II hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Francis has his hat adjusted as he presides over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The tapestry showing Pope John Paul II hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica during a solemn celebration led by Pope Francis I where two Popes, John Paul II and John XXIII, were canonized, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
The relics of Pope John Paul II _a vial of his blood _ built into a marble altar of a new sanctuary dedicated to the pontiff in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, April 27, 2014, the day when Pope Francis declared Polish-born John Paul II a saint. Thousands of people gathered in the sanctuary to watch live the Vatican ceremony. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Pope Francis greets faithful as he is driven through the crowd along Via della Conciliazione after celebrating the ceremony for the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints before some 800,000 people on Sunday, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence in St. Peter's Square of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Nuns wave as Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A Filipino devotee wipes tears as she watches the live satellite broadcast of the canonization or the elevation to sainthood in the Vatican of Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII on Sunday, April 27, 2014 in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. The predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines joins several nations worldwide in the celebration of canonization of the two Popes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Pope Francis waves to faithful as he is driven through the crowd after presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Prelates gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Tens of thousands of people have filled St. Peter's Square for a historic day of four popes, with Popes Francis and Benedict XVI honoring John XXIII and John Paul II by declaring them saints in the first ever canonization of two pontiffs.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful fill St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Crowds gather in God's Mercy sanctuary in Krakow, Poland, on Sunday, April 27, 2014, for ceremonies of canonization of Polish-born Pope John Paul II. Thousands of faithful flocked to the sanctuary to watch live from the Vatican as Pope Francis, aided by emeritus Pope Benedict XVI declares John Paul and John XXIII saints, in an unprecedented ceremony involving four popes. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Pope Francis is helped while presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Faithful watch the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II taking place at the Vatican on a giant screen, right, set up at the parish church in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, near Bergamo, northern Italy, the town of John XXIII, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City for the Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday April 27, 2014.
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