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Pope Francis has moved one of his predecessors closer to sainthood, beatifying Pope Paul VI in a Mass on the last day of the meeting of bishops and church leaders in Rome.

The public are being asked to help in conducting, designing and funding research about archaeology, history and heritage.

Just as it seemed the Roman Catholic Church might ease its stance on homosexuality, bishops from around the world removed language doing just that from a new Vatican document.

Antonio ViscidoThird UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries (Florence)

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Research Councils UK (RCUK) are the first research funders in Europe to implement a single system for gathering details of research outcomes across all research disciplines. The harmonised approach launched last week, with 30,000 RCUK funded researchers being invited to register with the new system over the coming weeks.

Exactly one month after the Closing Ceremony of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, all attention has now turned to Buenos Aires 2018 with the first visit of the IOC Coordination Commission headed by four-time Olympian and IOC Member, Frank Fredericks. Outlining their vision, the local organising committee (BAYOGOC) particularly impressed the Commission members with its goal of bringing sport to the inner city for all inhabitants to enjoy and experience, in particular the 2.6 million young people residing in Buenos Aires.