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• Two living popes to honour two dead ones: The Ceremony

  In a historic match-up of papacies past and present, Pope Francis and emeritus Pope Benedict XVI honored Popes John XXIII and John Paul II in the first ever canonization of two popes.

• Pope Francis declares new saints John Paul II, John XXIII

  Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI.

• Huge crowd gathers for historic canonisation of two popes

  Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world converged on St. Peter's Square on Sunday to attend the sainthood ceremony of Pope John XXIII and John Paul II, two giants of the Catholic Church in the 20th century.

• Pilgrims flock to Rome for double papal sainthood fete

  Pilgrims and dignitaries from the world over streamed into Rome a day before John Paul II and John XXIII are named saints in the first ever double papal canonisation.

• Ukraine PM cuts short Rome trip 'because of the situation'

  Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will cut short his trip to Rome and miss the canonisation of John Paul II and John XXIII because of growing tensions with Russia, his spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.

• Pope to unveil sainthood date for John Paul II, John XXIII

  Pope Francis was on Monday set to announce the date that predecessors John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints in a ceremony expected to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims.

• Popes John Paul II, John XXIII to be made saints: Vatican

  Late popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said today in a widely-awaited announcement, without specifying when the canonisations will occur.