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Catholic Church prepares to canonize two popes

A massive crowd of pilgrims is expected to witness the ceremonies in Vatican City that will canonize Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. The canonization of saints in the Roman Catholic Church began more than a thousand years ago when Pope John Paul XV bestowed the honor on a German bishop. Allen Pizzey reports.
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