Photos: Vatican celebrates the canonization of popes John Paul II and John XXIII

A bishop reads a newspaper in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.   (Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press)

Pope Francis, right, embraces his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, at the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.  (L’Osservatore Romano / Associated Press)

Hundreds of thousands of onlookers fill St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City as Pope Francis leads the canonization Mass in which John Paul II and John XXIII were declared saints.  (Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

Nuns wave as Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after presiding over the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

Pope Francis greets the faithful as he is driven through the crowd along Via della Conciliazione after celebrating the Mass for the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in Vatican City.  (Riccardo De Luca / Associated Press)

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City after the canonization Mass in which John Paul II and John XXIII were declared saints.  (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

A woman enters a curtain between the images of Pope John Paul II, left, and Pope John XXIII at the Vatican. The two popes were being canonized together on an unusual double bill.

Preparations are being made in St. Peter’s Square for the canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. The Vatican was expecting about 800,000 people to make the pilgrimage for the event.

People attend Mass at the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome. The Vatican was expecting hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics to attend the dual canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII.

A picture of Pope John Paul II is displayed inside the Church of Spirito Santo in Sassia in Rome.  (Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press)

A tapestry depicting the late Pope John Paul II hangs on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Polish nuns buy portraits of Pope John Paul II from a shop near St. Peter’s Square. The Polish John Paul II, the first non-Italian to lead the church in more than 400 years, was beloved by Catholics the world over for his warm personal style and his unbending opposition to Soviet communism.   (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)