John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his papacy and personal mission. Pope John ... a saint-in-the-making ...

When Pope John Paul II died in 2005, his funeral was rocked by chants of “Santo Subito!” or “Saint Right Away ... were canonized on the same day, just as John XXIII was canonized ...

Pope John Paul II at that time established this feast of the Divine Mercy, which was actually requested by Jesus himself through the diary of St. Faustina,” said Father Gary Dailey, Saint ...

John Paul II later visited Ağca in prison and forgave the shooter in person. In 2005, John Paul died in his apartment in the Vatican at 84 years old. He was canonized as a saint in 2014.

They ended up bidding farewell to Pope ... St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Her feelings for Acutis, however, are very strong. She excitedly praised him as “the first saint of young people ...