Pope Francis will be celebrating the canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27th. Pope Francis said that a joint canonization will be a "message for the church: These two were wonderful, both of them". If you are a busy person, there are now available two new paperback books (only about a hundred pages in length) about these two men: "Secret to Happiness--Wisdom from John XXIII" and "Be Not Afraid---Wisdom from John Paul II"-----these books will bring these two pontiffs to life in their own words.
Pope John XXIII, the third of thirteen children born to poor farmers, once said there were "three ways for a man to come to ruin: women, gambling and farming. My family chose the most boring way".