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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 » Social: Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France's Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/social-issues/pope-francis-arrives-on-1st-papal-visit-to-corsica-with-focus-on-regional-crisis-popular-piety/ar-AA1vSMZH
Published on: Saturday 14 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 » Social: Corsica autonomy plan clears first hurdle in divided French parliament
News channel or source: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260603-corsica-autonomy-plan-clears-first-hurdle-in-divided-french-parliament
Published on: Tuesday 02 June 2026
Corsica’s proposed autonomy within the French Republic has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle, with lawmakers backing a constitutional reform that could give the island new powers while leaving ...