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  John Paul II Ignored Sex Abuse Allegations Against US Cardinal: Vatican

  The Vatican admitted Tuesday that late pope John Paul II ignored advice against promoting US clergyman Theodore McCarrick to cardinal given rumours of sexual misconduct against him that were later substantiated.

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  Pope Francis Says Church Needs More Decentralisation, Changes to Papacy

  Pope Francis called today for "healthy decentralisation" of power in the Roman Catholic Church, including changes in the papacy and greater decision-making authority for local bishops.

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  Late Pope John Paul II Gets Flowers From Would-be Assassin

  Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish former extremist who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II, on Saturday laid flowers on the late pontiff's tomb.

• Late Pope Paul VI to Move Closer to Sainthood

  The late Pope Paul VI, who led the Roman Catholic Church during one of its most turbulent modern periods and enshrined its opposition to contraception, will move a step closer to sainthood in October, the Vatican said on Saturday.

• Italy police recover blood cloth from relic of Pope John Paul II

  Police on Friday recovered the piece of cloth stained with the blood of the late Pope John Paul II, a day after they found the stolen gold and glass case which once contained the relic.

• Police find stolen reliquary of Pope John Paul, but no blood

  Police on Thursday recovered a stolen gold and glass case that once contained the blood of the late Pope John Paul II, only to find the cloth stained with the blood itself was missing, officials said.

• Catholic Church appeals to thieves to return John Paul II blood relic

  The Catholic Church has appealed to thieves to return a reliquary containing the blood of the late Pope John Paul II that disappeared in what it called a "vile and sacrilegious theft".

• Thieves steal Pope John Paul's blood from Italy church

  Thieves broke into a small church in the mountains east of Rome over the weekend and stole a reliquary with the blood of the late Pope John Paul II, a custodian said on Monday.

• 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.

• Russian President Vladamir Putin compared to Pope John Paul II

  French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent was what Russia needed as a leader.

• Fake pope held in Rome for looking like John Paul II

  A Slovak street performer dressed in white papal vestments has been detained and fined by the police in Rome for bearing too close a resemblance to the late John Paul II, the police said on Friday.

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  John Paul II 'miracles' posted on Vatican website

  Stories of miraculous healings attributed to late pope John Paul II are being posted on a Vatican website

• John Paul II 'miracles' posted on Vatican website

  Stories of miraculous healings attributed to late pope John Paul II are being posted on a Vatican website