A second miracle - performed six years after Pope John Paul II's death - cleared the way for his sainthood.

Pope Francis has put one his predecessors on the path to sainthood after confirming a "miracle" attributed to the late John Paul I at an audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Pope Benedict XVI set the date after declaring that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was the miracle needed for John Paul to be beatified.

Pope Francis approved the crediting of the miraculous healing of a child in Buenos Aires to the intercession of John Paul I.

Pope Benedict XVI declared in a decree that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for the beloved pontiff's beatification.

Pope John Paul II being cleared for sainthood: Vatican 00:28 Updated at 9:11 a.m. Eastern VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Friday cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle ...

Pope John Paul II was officially declared a saint on Friday by Pope Francis, who attributed to him a miracle involving a Costa Rican woman who had suffered from a cerebral aneurysm.

The miracle attributed to John Paul I’s intercession is the 2011 healing of a girl in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from a severe form of encephalopathy, a disease affecting the brain.

She couldn’t believe her eyes. There, on the paper before her, she had written Pope John Paul II’s name in handwriting clear enough to read. “The pen skipped across the page,&#822… ...

Last week the Vatican announced that a meeting of cardinals and bishops had ruled that the late Pope John Paul II was responsible for a second miracle, and thus the way was cleared for sainthood.

The Vatican this week marks the fifth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death amid some doubts that the miracle needed for his saint-making cause will stand up to scrutiny and questions about his ...

The young woman who was miraculously healed through the intercession of Pope John Paul I will not attend his beatification in Rome Sunday as planned. Candela Giarda, 22, explained in a video ...