Pope Francis makes first papal visit to France's Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety
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 distinguishes the Mediterranean island from secular France as a bridge between religious and civic society.
Francis celebrates mega-mass in first-ever papal visit to Corsica
But this is the first visit by a pope to Corsica, a French region with a distinctive identity, fierce independence movement and a special constitutional status currently under discussion between Paris and local elected officials. In his Sunday morning ...
Corsica is home to more than 340,000 people and has been part of France since 1768. But the island has also seen ...
Located off the Italian coast, but politically part of France, Corsica has experienced a violent independence struggle since the 1970s. But in June armed militants announced they had laid down ...
Pope Francis will make a symbolic trip to Ajaccio, Corsica, shortly before Christmas, the French island where a heated debate on independence is taking place. Eight months ago, the Corsican ...
But this is the first visit by a pope to Corsica, a French region with a distinctive identity, fierce independence movement and a special constitutional status currently under discussion between ...
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