February 21, 2024 / 12:55 AM
On February 21, 2001, Saint John Paul II created Cardinal the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a member of the first group of 43 new Cardinals of the third millennium.
Years later, on April 27, 2014, Pope Francis proclaimed Saint John Paul II and Saint John XXIII saints, in a historic and unprecedented ceremony by bringing together four Papassince the Pope Emeritus participated in it Benedict XVI
Saint John Paul IIwho in his almost 27 years of pontificate created 231 Cardinals, noted in 2001 that “after having drawn in abundance from the sources of divine mercy during the Holy Year,” the ship of the Church was preparing to “sail into the deep.” again to bring the message of salvation to the world.