poppope john xxiii and pope po n paupope johnpaul ii, there in ae pope emeritus pop pope benedicti who resigned a little over a year ago. this will be his most prominent public appearance since. >> it has been suggested that symbolically this would suggest the marriage of the conservative camp of the catholic church and the reformist camp of the catholic church headed up by the new pope francis. >> of course, that's the suggestion that they're trying to draw together those elements. the former meeters who have come through different spectrums within the catholic church. pope john was embraced and revered by conservatives in the church because of his doctrinal teachings, and then on the other hand, pope john paul was nicknamed good john and breathed new life into the church. these two men had enormously influential leaders in the church and influential as well on pope francis himself it was pope john paul ii who appointed him archbishop and then elevated him to cardinal. pope john xxiii had been a member of the lay order of sir francis and teachings of peace from which of course the cur