Vatican declares Late Pope John Paul II a saint

The Roman Catholic Church will declare the late Pope John Paul II a saint, the Vatican announced today. 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 crisscrossed the globe....  http://on.cnn.com/14XdfSB