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This is a big weekend at the Vatican as Pope Francis elevates two of his predecessors to sainthood: John XXIII and John Paul II. Host Bob Abernethy, managing editor Kim Lawton, and Kevin Eckstrom, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service, discuss the legacies of these two new saints and what their canonizations mean to Catholics and non-Catholics alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn the first thousand years of the Church about 80 popes were made saints. In the next 900 years, just three. 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