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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Pope Francis lights a candle at the small statue of the Madonuccia (Ajaccio's patron saint ...

Pope Francis visited Corsica on Sunday, December 15th, marking his first visit as a pope in history. He spent approximately ten hours on the French island attending a congress on popular piety in ...

On Sunday, the feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis highlighted the Family of Nazareth as a model of dialogue and mutual listening while warning against allowing mobile phones to disrupt family ...

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 ...

Pope Francis put his money where his mouth is this week when it comes to his constant appeals for couples to procreate, ...

In late November, during a brief audience with motorcycle racing enthusiasts, Pope Francis asked for prayers, joking that "my work is very accelerated, and my bike has aged and doesn't work properly!" ...

ROME – When Pope Francis visits the French Mediterranean island of Corsica tomorrow, it’ll be a chance to reiterate his well-known positions on migration and climate, and to empower the appeal ...

Despite health challenges that led to a canceled trip to Dubai for COP28, Pope Francis maintained an ambitious travel schedule in 2024 that saw him draw large crowds in Asia and make his first-ever ...

Rome's chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticised Pope Francis over the pontiff's recent ramping up of criticism against Israel's military campaign in Gaza, in an unusually forceful speech ...