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Restaurants, bars and churches reopen in Italy with Saint Peter's Basilica even taking visitors again

Churches in Rome were shuttered at the beginning of the coronavirus emergency.

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May 18th 2020, 7:44 AM

Archaeologists think they've found the birthplace of Peter, one of Jesus' twelve apostles

It’s in a town near the Sea of Galilee.

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Aug 7th 2017, 5:20 PM

Joyous scenes as Mother Teresa is now Saint Teresa of Kolkata

The nun was canonised today in front of about 100,000 pilgrims.

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Sep 4th 2016, 2:17 PM

Resurrection: The five-metre cross on Carrauntoohil has been put back up

The cross at the summit has been in place since 1976.

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Nov 29th 2014, 8:48 PM