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Workers prepare a platform for television crews in front of St Peter’s basilica on April 22, 2014 in front of the Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican. Late popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints at an unprecedented joint ceremony on April 27, 2014 in a bid to unite Catholic conservatives and liberals. The canonisations of two popular popes are set to bring hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to Rome. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS
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