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On Tuesday Vatican and Chinese authorities announced that they had extended a controversial agreement on episcopal ...

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Pope Francis presides over a ceremony attended by thousands at St. Peter's square, Vatican City, to canonise 14 individuals and so create a new group of saints. Canonisation is the final step towards ...