A nun prays in front of a painting depicting Pope John Paul II inside St. Sprit in Sassia church in Rome

A nun prays in front of a painting depicting Pope John Paul II inside St. Sprit in Sassia church in Rome

A nun prays in front of a painting depicting Pope John Paul II inside St. Sprit in Sassia church in Rome, April 24, 2014. Next 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/Yara Nardi (ITALY – Tags: RELIGION)