Beatification of Pope Paul VI Beatification of Pope Paul VI The cause for the canonization of Pope Paul VI, who died in 1978, commenced in 1993 and he was canonized on October 14, 2018. After having been proclaimed a Servant of God and declared Venerable, he was beatified on 19 October 2014, after the recognition of a miracle had been attributed to his intercession, and declared a saint by Pope Francis I on October 14, 2018. The postulator of the cause is Antonio Marrazzo while the vice-postulator is Antonio Lanzoni. On 18 March 1993 "nihil obstat" ("nothing against") was declared under Pope John Paul II
Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II 19 heads of state and 24 heads of government. Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II Pope John XXIII (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) and Pope John Paul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as popes of the Roman Catholic Church and the sovereigns of Vatican City (respectively from 1958 to 1963 and 1978 to 2005). Their canonizations were held on 27 April 2014. The decision to canonize was made official by Pope Francis on 5 July 2013 following the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul II,