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Report on John Paul II Sainthood Ready
Mar 31 2008, AP

The church official spearheading the cause to make Pope John Paul II a saint said Monday he has finished a roughly 2,000-page draft of a report supporting the late pontiff’s canonization.Two days before the Vatican marks the third anniversary of John...

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