Late Pope John Paul II to get sainthood, Vatican says"
Rome (CNN) -- The Roman Catholic Church will declare the late Pope John Paul II a saint, the Vatican announced Friday.
Pope Francis signed the decree Friday morning, the Vatican said. John Paul was pope from 1978 until his death in 2005, and was in a way the first rock star pontiff, drawing vast crowds as he criss-crossed the globe.
At his funeral, thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square and chanted "Santo Subito" -- Sainthood Now! The Polish-born pope was fast-tracked to beatification and became "the blessed" John Paul II barely six years after his death, the fastest beatification in centuries.
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The patron saint of pedophile priests, who although multiple victims over the course of many years aproached him and begged him to put a stop to it refused to do anything other than hide what was going on even harder.
A tragically flawed individual, with iniquities just as extravagant as his heroics.