signal because a year and a half later he too resigned his papacy. but despite the nature by which he resigned, because of the violence and instability surrounding the resignation of benedict ix 250 years earlier, the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. after celestine retired and boniface became pope, he felt it was dangerous to have two living popes. you can t have another pope knocking about and threatening the pope. immediately after celestine leaves the vatican, boniface has him attacked and locked up. he didn t want celestine talking to anybody, he didn t
celestine v, and a year and a half later he resigned. but despite the peaceful when he resigned, because of the violence and instability surrounding the resignation of benedict ix 250 years earlier, the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. after celest ne retired and boniface became pope, he felt it was dangerous to have two living popes. you can t have another pope knocking about and threatening the pope. immediately after celestine leaves, boniface has him attacked and locked up.
people didn t know it at the time, but that might have been a signal because a year and a half later, he resigned. but despite the peaceful time when he resigned, because of the violence and instability surrounding the resignation of benedict ix 250 years earlier, the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. after celestine retired and boniface became pope, he felt it was dangerous to have two living popes. you can t have another pope knocking about and threatening the pope. immediately after celestine leaves the vatican, boniface has him attacked and locked up.
surrounding area. in an area around the vatican that could barely fit half of them comfortably. 300,000 more watched on giant screens in rome. 800,000 watched an event that s never really taken place in the history of christianity. making of two saints on the same day. two popes that were two of the most popular popes in the 20th century, pope john paul ii and pope john paul xxiii. what s more interesting is to preside over it all there were two living popes. of course oh pope francis and his predecessor. they embraced during the ceremony. it was kind of a show of unity for a catholic church that was badly rocked by the announcement of the resignation of pope
ceremony in and around vatican city while millions watched the vatican broadcast. here s what they saw. from pope to saint. for the first time in the history of the catholic church, two popes were made saints in one ceremony. in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. the late popes john paul ii and john xxiii were canonized by pope francis at a ceremony watched by millions around the world. an estimated 800,000 people gathered in person in st. peter s square and the surrounding area to be part of this unprecedented event. another first, the presence of two living popes, pope francis and pope benedict when they were greeted by applause. joining me from rome, nbc newspaperal contributor father robert barron, also vatican analyst george weigel and here