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Pope Francis has set April 27 as the date for the canonization of Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II. The two pontiffs will become saints on Divine Mercy Sunday, and the ceremony should draw crowds greater than one million to the Vatican. John XXIII is depicted in a painting from a museum in his Italian birthplace. John Paul II is shown in a composite featuring an image of him by Polish photographer Grzegorz Galazka.

How 2014 is shaping up at the Vatican

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VATICAN CITY - After a year that included the historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and a series of celebrated innovations by Pope Francis, it is hard to imagine 2014 at the Vatican could be nearly as eventful. Of course, the biggest stories are likely to be those that come by surprise, but in the meantime, here are developments bound to loom large in Vatican news over the coming year:

Fr. Christian Riesbeck

Pope appoints Companion of the Cross priest as Ottawa auxiliary bishop

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OTTAWA - Pope Francis announced Jan. 7 that Fr. Christian Riesbeck has been appointed new auxiliary bishop of Ottawa.

MP Joy Smith

Targetting exploiters needed to combat prostitution, MP says

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OTTAWA - Conservative MP Joy Smith hopes to convince her colleagues on both sides of Parliament the so-called Nordic model is the best way to replace Canada’s prostitution laws.

Archbishop V. James Weisgerber of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Order of Canada comes as surprise to Weisgerber

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While on the verge of laying down his title as archbishop of Winnipeg, James Weisgerber picked up a new title: Officer of the Order of Canada.

Rabbi Michael Melchior watches as Pope John Paul II prays at Judiasm's holiest site, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem in March 2000. Pope Francis will visit the Holy Land May 24-26.

Jerusalem's Latin patriarch hopes pope's May visit is 'cry for peace'

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AMMAN, Jordan - Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem welcomed the announcement of Pope Francis' May visit to the Holy Land and said he hopes the pilgrimage will be a "cry for peace," particularly for Palestinians, Israelis, Syrians and others beset by conflict.

Msgr. William Lynn, former secretary for clergy in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, walks from the courthouse in 2012 as the jury deliberates in his sexual abuse trial in Philadelphia. A panel of judges for a Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the decisio n on Msgr. Lynn's conviction in handling a clerical abuse case and ordered his release from prison.

Philly priest released from prison after court reversed conviction

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PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia archdiocesan priest was released from a Pennsylvania state prison Jan. 2 after an appeals court reversed his conviction for endangering child welfare by his handling of a sex abuse case.

CCCB president Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher

Canadian bishops will continue to oppose prostitution despite ruling

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OTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops will maintain their opposition to prostitution despite the Supreme Court of Canada’s Dec. 20 ruling striking down Canada’s prostitution laws.

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Saint John, N.B.

Campaign aims to preserve Saint John heritage

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In Saint John, N.B., restoring the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is as much about preserving the local heritage as it is saving a church.

People carry a survivor from the rubble at a damaged site after what activists said was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus Dec. 26. Many Syrian refugees found Christmas a difficult time with the ongoing violence i n their homeland.

For some Syrian Christian refugees, Christmas was not a happy time

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AMMAN, Jordan - Some Syrian Christian refugees sheltering in neighboring Jordan did not have a happy Christmas, fearful for their uncertain future as the violent conflict in their homeland grinds on past 33-months with no end in sight.

Luigi Pautasso the driving force behind Radio Maria in Canada

Luigi Pautasso the driving force behind Radio Maria in Canada

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TORONTO - Luigi Pautasso lived to teach, lived his faith and knew his vocation.

Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen

Canadian organizers get lesson in unity preparing for unity week

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TORONTO - When Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen suggested St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verse 13 as the starting point for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity not everybody on the Canadian writing team jumped on board.

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