If any figure deserves to be 'fast-tracked' to canonisation, it is the fast-tracker himself

Costa Rican mother of four was told she only had a month to live

Popular items include Pope Francis 'onesies', T-shirts, cufflinks, shot glasses, and cocktail shakers

Catholics supported former South African president's struggle against apartheid

The original statue of Our Lady of Fatima to be brought to the Vatican for Marian celebration

Floribeth Mora Diaz recovered from apparently fatal illness after hearing voice of pope

John XXIII died on June 3 1963

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