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(FILES) This file photo taken on January 5, 2016 shows a bronze statue of Pope John Paul II by controversial Georgian-born Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli in Ploermel, Brittany, western France. The decision by the Council of State to remove a cross overlooking the statue of John Paul II has been criticised on october 31, 2017 by the Catholic Church, which deplored the erasure of "Christian signs" in the French society. / AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION