'Half a million in St Peter's'

(ANSA) - Vatican City, April 27 - Half a million pilgrims crammed into St Peter's to see Sunday's double canonisation of John Paul II and John XXIII, the Vatican press office said shortly after the event. In all, 800,000 people enjoyed the canonisation of the two 20th-century titans by Pope Francis and his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, including those watching at maxi-screens outside the Vatican, the press office said.