Pope John Paul II (St. John Paul the Great) praying before a black crucified Christ in Angola in the late 20th century. Pope John Paul II canonized St. Faustina on the Feast of Divine Mercy in 2000 and instituted the feast for the universal Church. The man himself died on the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday in 2005. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on the Feast of Divine Mercy in 2011 and was canonized on the same feast by Pope Francis in 2014.
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