Rome ( CNN ) -- The Catholic Church is on the verge of declaring late Pope John Paul II a saint , a Vatican source familiar with the process told CNN on Tuesday . The committee that considers candidates for sainthood voted Tuesday to credit the late pope with a second miracle , the source said , asking not to be named discussing internal Vatican deliberations . It is not clear which of several miracles under consideration would be credited to the late pope . Pope Francis must now sign off on the decision before it is official . John Paul was pope from 1978 until his death in 2005 . Smoke signals : How is a new pope elected ? He was fast-tracked to beatification when he died in 2005 , and became `` the blessed '' John Paul II barely six years after his death -- the fastest beatification in centuries . For beatification , a person must be credited with a miracle by the Catholic Church . Pope Benedict , now pope emeritus , ruled in 2010 that John Paul II had miraculously cured a French nun of Parkinson 's disease . Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre , a nun whose order prayed to the pope after he died , said she was cured of the disease , an ailment that also afflicted John Paul II . A second miracle would have to be confirmed for him to be officially canonized , or elevated as a saint of the Catholic Church .
A committee votes to credit former Pope John Paul II with a second miracle . In 2010 the church ruled that he had cured a nun of Parkinson 's disease . Score: 6