The million pilgrims who attended the raising to the altars of John XXIII and John Paul II enjoyed euphoric celebrations of sanctity last weekend. But the ceremony was also evidence of Francis’ canniness in trying to steady the barque of St Peter while also steering his own coursePilgrims came from around the world to the Eternal City to witness the canonisation last weekend of two great popes of the twentieth century. Around a million people packed the streets of Rome before, during and after the unprecedented joint ceremony to make saints of John Paul II and John XXIII.If the funeral of John Paul II in 2005 occasionally resembled a football match, with crowds of Poles chanting “Santo subito”, the scenes last weekend were more akin to a religious festival, wit