People kneel in front a painting depicting Pope John Paul II in a church in downtown Rome

People kneel in front a painting depicting Pope John Paul II in a church in downtown Rome

People kneel in front a painting depicting Pope John Paul II in a church in downtown Rome April 22, 2014. On Sunday, Pope Francis will canonize late Pope John Paul II, who reigned from 1978 to 2005, and Pope John XXIII, who was pontiff from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican Council, a landmark meeting that modernised the Church. REUTERS/Max Rossi (ITALY – Tags: RELIGION)