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Inside the Vatican’s secret saint-making process

Canonisation has long been a way for the Catholic church to shape its image. The Vatican is preparing to anoint its first millennial saint, but how does it decide who is worthy? By Linda Kinstler. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  How a young Dutch woman’s life began when she was allowed to die

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  From the archive: The knackerman: the toughest job in British farming

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  ‘Bring me my tariffs’: how Trump’s China plan was 40 years in the making

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  Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future?

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  From the archive: The false positives scandal: how thousands of innocent C…

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  The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disap…

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  Endless work, little money, occasional UFOs: my father’s five decades driv…

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  From the archive: How one man spent 34 years in prison after setting fire …

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  The man making a business out of China’s burnout generation

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  Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s stranges…

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  From the archive: Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could…

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  ‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: are we right to strive to save the world’s …

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  From the archive: ‘A deranged pyroscape’: how fires across the world have …

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  The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank

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  The ‘mad egghead’ who built a mouse utopia