Vatican City, Jul 8, 2013 / 13:19 pm
The director of the Holy See's Press Office says the consistory of cardinals which will discuss the canonization of Bl. John XXIII and Bl. John Paul II may be held in September, with the ceremony taking place a few months later.
"There will be a consistory in autumn, possibly in September but we still don't know the exact date," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told CNA on July 5, shortly after it was announced that Pope Francis has approved the causes for the canonization of his two predecessors in the See of Peter.
The consistory – or gathering of cardinals – "will be the official occasion in which the Pope and the cardinals will make the decision on the date of the canonization," he explained.
"We can expect that this canonization will probably be the same occasion for both Popes: probably before the end of the year, but there still isn't a fixed date."