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Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking ...

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The 87-year-old pontiff, on his first-ever visit to Corsica, said in an address earlier Sunday that the 'concept of secularity that is not static and fixed, but evolving and dynamic', and urged people ...

Cyclone Chido caused major damage to Mayotte's airport and cut off electricity, water and communication links when it ...

Pope Francis landed in Corsica on Sunday for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island, AFP reporters saw.

The visit to Corsica’s capital Ajaccio, the birthplace of Napoleon, is one of the briefest of his papacy beyond Italy’s borders, just about nine hours on the ground, including a 40-minute visit with ...

Mayotte in the southeastern Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa is France’s poorest island and the poorest territory in the ...

Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.