The teenager, who died from leukaemia in 2006, was due to be canonised in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican next Sunday.

Archbishop Stephen Cottrell said he was ‘deeply saddened’ a church building and gravestones were daubed with offensive graffiti.

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Sister Act actress Goldberg shared a photo of her meeting the pontiff, who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday.