Campaign to make John Paul II a saint gathers pace

THE church official spearheading the cause to make the last pope a saint has finished a 2,000-page report to support the process.

Just days before the Vatican marks the third anniversary of John Paul II’s death, Monsignor Slawomir Oder announced that he has handed the document to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

It summarises and analyses all the documentation about John Paul’s life and virtues that had been gathered since his 2005 death, including testimony from witnesses and the late pontiff’s own writings.