It will be Francis's 47th Apostolic Journey abroad and the first-ever visit of a pope to the French Mediterranean island. It will also be his third visit in French territory after the visits to ...
Pope Francis’ one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday, two days before his 88th birthday, will put a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local traditions of popular ...
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 the Mediterranean, highlighting local ...
A maritime odyssey across the Mediterranean, inspired by Pope Francis’ 2023 call for peace, will see nearly 200 young people ...
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 ...
Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP Pope Francis completed a one-day trip to Corsica on Sunday marked by cheering crowds and good humour in the French Mediterranean island, a stronghold of the Catholic ...
[AFP] Pope Francis arrived in Corsica, a stronghold of the Catholic faith, on Sunday, with locals hotly anticipating the first-ever trip by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island. Sitting in ...
in the first recorded trip of a pope to French Mediterranean island. The short visit to the island’s capital Ajaccio, is his 47th foreign trip since becoming pope in 2013. Francis is expected to ...