St. Pope John Paul II

 

 

 

John Paul II presided at 138 beatification ceremonies and proclaimed 1,310 blesseds. He held 48 canonization ceremonies to make 469 new saints during his pontificate.

John Paul II held eight consistories in which he created 201 cardinals. He also convened six plenary meetings of the College of Cardinals. No other Pope has encountered so many individuals as John Paul II: To date, more than 16,700,000 pilgrims have participated in his more than 1,000 General Audiences held on Wednesdays. That doesn’t count all of the special audiences and religious ceremonies he has held, such as the 8 million pilgrims he welcomed during the Great Jubilee of the year 2000alone, nor the millions of faithful he met during his pastoral visits in Italy and throughout the world.