Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
On Friday morning, the Vatican announced that the late Pope John Paul II will be made a saint.
This is especially rare, since it takes most people hundreds of years to reach sainthood, while Pope John Paul II passed away in 2005.
For more on what Pope John Paul II meant to Los Angeles, and his path to sainthood, we're joined by Father Thomas Rausch, a professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University.