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Excitement and unusual nature of a ceremony like today. we've seen two popes there now and, of course, two late popes are being turned into saints. this is a day of rock stars for catholics, would you guys say? >> reporter: yeah, well, you know, the truth of it is that when you cover the koth lick chur catholic church, you don't usually have the opportunity to say unprecedented. this is after all an institution with 2,000 years of history, but this is really a first, the first time two popes have been declared saints in the saint ceremony and the first time the two living popes have taken part...

Lord's promise to send upon her the spirit of truth, support every age keeps the supreme magesteria immune from error, beseech your holiness to enroll these elect among the saints. >> now the solemn moment in which the holy father pronounces the formula of canonization. >> translator: for the honor of the blessed trinity, the exaltation of the catholic faith, and the increase of the christian life by the authority of our lord jesus christ and of the holy apostles, peter and paul and our own, after due deliberation and frequent prayer for divine assistance, and having sought the counsel of many...

John xxiii opened the vatican council. john paul ii was one of the last with benedict xvi to participate in that council. so, also a kind of bridge and a historic moment for the church of vatican ii. we're kind of at the end of an era with pope emeritus benedict, because he was one of the last ones to have attended that council. >> yeah, although on the subject of miracles, it's probably also important to say that pope francis has also set aside the miracle requirement in a couple of cases of members of his own jesuit order that he has recently declared saints. you know, basically, i think rea...

And as he was reporting, very emotional moment for many of the faithful who have traveled here to witness this historic double canonization of saints on just one day. just a few moments ago, as this canonization ceremony was taking place, we also saw the presentation of the relics, one of which was presented by a woman who received the miracle of saint john paul ii, flora beth from costa rica. she says she was cured of an aneurism after she prayed to john paul ii to intercede in her behalf with god, and she was cured. again, a very poignant and unprecedented moment here. we also heard from del...