“An ailing but unusually spirited Pope John Paul II conferred sainthood on two priests and three nuns Sunday in this decreasingly Roman Catholic country, telling hundreds of thousands of spectators in

“An ailing but unusually spirited Pope John Paul II conferred sainthood on two priests and three nuns Sunday in this decreasingly Roman Catholic country, telling hundreds of thousands of spectators in downtown Madrid that they must remain true to their Christian roots. On a 36-hour visit to Spain, his first international trip in nearly nine months, the pope also warned of the dangers of war and urged unity instead of radical nationalism.”