The Vatican has announced that Pope John Paul II will be made a Saint.
Pope Francis has approved two miracles attributed to the late pontiff including the healing of a Costa Rican woman on the night of his beatification in 2011.
Pope John XXIII who led the Catholic Church between 1958 and 1963 will also be made a saint.
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No dates have been set for their canonisation ceremonies but the two Popes will become the 79th and 80th pontiffs to reach sainthood.
John Paul died in 2005. He had been made a Pontiff in 1978.
The canonisation ceremony is expected to take place before the end of the year, possibly in December.
