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News France » Corsica: Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France's Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-francis-focus-regional-crisis-060731740.html

Published on: Sunday 15 December 2024

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 ...

News France » Corsica: France's Macron confronts Corsica's calls for more autonomy

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/frances-macron-confronts-corsicas-calls-more-autonomy-131217627.html

Published on: Monday 05 February 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Claude Erignac's widow Dominique Erignac as French Senate speaker Gerard Larcher looks on during a ceremony in tribute to the slain French prefect Claude ...

News France » Corsica: In Corsica, Songs of the Sacred and the Secular Will Welcome Pope Francis

News channel or source: https://www.ncregister.com/news/corsican-songs-to-welcome-pope-francis

Published on: Friday 13 December 2024

Corsica is one of the few French territories to have a repertoire of songs that are steeped in history and still in use today, songs that blend the sacred and the secular and which will be given pride ...

News France » Corsica: France’s Corsica rocked by blasts claimed by separatists

News channel or source: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2023/10/09/frances-corsica-rocked-by-blasts-claimed-by-separatists

Published on: Monday 09 October 2023

A separatist group today claimed a series of explosions in Corsica overnight, a new upsurge of violence after President Emmanuel Macron last month offered the French Mediterranean island a form of ...

News France » Corsica: Corsica's regional assembly to vote on new autonomy proposals

News channel or source: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20240327-corsica-s-regional-assembly-to-vote-on-new-autonomy-proposals

Published on: Wednesday 27 March 2024

Corsica's Assembly is set to vote on an agreement reached between the French government and the island's elected representatives regarding 'constitutional texts' that will provide for the recognition ...

News France » Corsica: Francis makes first visit by a pope to France's Corsica

News channel or source: https://www.thelocal.fr/20241215/francis-makes-first-visit-by-a-pope-to-frances-corsica

Published on: Saturday 14 December 2024

This photo taken and handout on December 15, 2024 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis boarding a plane at Rome Fiumicino airport for a one-day trip to the French island of Corsica. (Photo by ...

News France » Corsica: Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France’s Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety

News channel or source: https://www.wishtv.com/news/international/pope-francis-makes-1st-papal-visit-to-frances-corsica-awash-in-expressions-of-popular-piety/