Pope puts John Paul on fast track to sainthood
‘Pope Benedict said on Friday he had put his predecessor Pope John Paul on the fast track to possible sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
In a surprise announcement to priests in Rome, the Pope told them he had dispensed with Church rules that impose a five-year waiting period after a candidate’s death before the procedure that leads to sainthood can even start.
John Paul died on April 2 and if normal rules had been applied, the procedure leading to his beatification could not have started until 2010.’
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