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Pope Francis became the first leader of the Catholic Church to set foot in Corsica, the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, praising the French island's heritage of popular piety as a bridge between faith and secular culture.

Pope Francis, on his first visit to Corsica, praised the island people's deep faith and tradition of popular piety. On December 5, thousands of Corsicans gathered in Ajaccio to welcome the first pope ever to visit the island.

As Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate Mass on the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the usual excitement of an open-air Mass with the pope was combined with the flair and pageantry of a Renaissance fair.

Pope Francis completed a one-day trip to Corsica Sunday marked by cheering crowds and good humour in the French Mediterranean island, a stronghold of the Catholic faith.

At least 14 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused severe damage in Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, France's Interior Ministry reported on Sunday. The powerful tropical cyclone has now hit the east coast of Africa,

In an era of evolving aerial threats, air defense forces in France have refined their operational strategies to safeguard national security.

The death toll from Cyclone Chido in the French territory of Mayotte is "several hundred" and may run into the thousands, the island's top government official told a local broadcaster Sunday.

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 ...

Macron thanked Jorge Mario Bergoglio "on behalf of Corsica and France," while also acknowledging the suffering caused by a cyclone in the French archipelago of Mayotte, which claimed hundreds of lives and was remembered by the Pope during the Angelus.

A native of Corsica, where some 80% of the population is Catholic, Cyrielle told CNS that religious practice on the island is different from the rest of France since here, "parents really transmit the faith to the next generation." Ultimately, she said ...