‘The Rome diocese has officially opened the procedure that could lead to sainthood for Pope John Paul II, asking Catholics to come forward with evidence “in favour or against” his reputation of holiness.

An edict published at the weekend marked the start of a procedure that could lead to John Paul, who died last month, being declared first a blessed and later a saint of the Church.

The edict by Rome Cardinal Camillo Ruini will also be posted in Krakow, Poland, where the late Pope spent most of his life before his election in 1978.’

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