And the Catholic Church does change...saintly inflation

The NYRB reports:

Over his two-and-a-half-decade papacy, [Pope John Paul II] beatified 1,340 people and canonized 483—more than his predecessors had done in four centuries. 

Why is this rapid accelerated pace of canonization more controversial? 

Here is the full list of new saints proclaimed by John Paul II, more than 1.5 saints a month for 26 years.