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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 » History: In Corsica, Separatists Bomb Vacation Homes to Send a Message
Corsica’s separatist movement has been fighting for independence from France for half a century. A paramilitary wing of the movement, the National Liberation Front of Corsica, has targeted second ...
News France » Corsica » History: Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France's Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety
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 » History: Pope Francis calls for unity and 'dynamic' secularism in first visit to Corsica
Pope Francis made history on Sunday with the first-ever papal visit to Corsica. He urged local priests to resist spiritual groups that fuel political divisions and championed a "dynamic" form of ...