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16 January 2020

Carlo Maria Viganò - controversial archbishop

Former papal ambassador who shocked Catholic Church Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was papal ambassador in the United States Carlo Ma...

14 November 2017

Maria Cristina of Savoy

Pious princess was beatified by Pope Francis Maria Cristina of Savoy Princess Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elisa of...

27 April 2017

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II made saints

Crowd of 800,000 in St Peter's Square for joint canonisation The Basilica of St Peter, in readiness for the joint-canonisation of...

16 October 2016

Election of Pope John Paul II

How Karol Wojtyla became first non-Italian pope for 455 years Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II, who was to have a political and s...

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