AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

AJACCIO, Corsica — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

Pope Francis is welcomed by children as he arrives at Ajaccio International Airport on the occasion of his one-day visit in the French island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.

Pope Francis presides over a mass in Ajaccio, on December 15, 2024. ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/AP Less than a month of preparation. The Chjami Aghjalesi, a famous group of singers from the Balagne area ...

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Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, ... Item 1 of 11 Pope Francis, Ajaccio, Corsica, December 15, 2024.

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Francis made him a cardinal, the highest rank in the Church below pope, in 2023. The Vatican estimates that 81.5% of Corsica's population of 356,000 is Catholic.

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus prayer inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio on the occasion of his one-day visit in the French island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 ...

Pope Francis stands as he celebrates a mass Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 in Ajaccio on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica . Credit: AP/Thibault Camus ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis' one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday, two days before his 88th birthday, puts a dual focus on ...

AJACCIO, Corsica — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...