Much of Poland's religious fervor is going into preparations for Easter, an important holiday in Poland, just days before the canonization. [...] some of the Church's traditional appeal and authority were recently tarnished by reports of sex abuse of children by priests, some of whom have been indicted and handed prison terms. John Paul's successor, Pope Benedict XVI, bowed to calls at John Paul's funeral of "Santo Subito" — Sainthood Now — and opened the process only weeks after the pontiff's death, waiving the traditional five-year waiting period. Pope Francis made a concession to Poles when he moved the Dec.