Asia, like Africa, is a growth area for the Catholic church. In Georgetown University’s ranking of attendance at mass, ...

Pope Francis’ one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday will put a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local traditions of popular piety on the one hand and migrant deaths and ...

Unusually for a papal trip to France, especially in the Mediterranean, Francis made no mention of migrants. Further reading: Pope's visit to Corsica: An island where 'one is born Catholic and ...

On December 15, Pope Francis became the first pope to set foot in Corsica. Yet 72 years earlier, in May 1952, the future Pope John XXIII, then-Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, spent a week on the ...

Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis ...

Francis deliberately shunned the grand reopening of France's Notre Dame Cathedral last weekend - instead he's visiting the Mediterranean where thousands of migrants have perished. View on euronews ...

Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions Pope Francis called on Thursday for new international agreements to reduce the debt burden faced by low-income countries and ...

Six guns of an artillery regiment of... Ajaccio (France), Dec 15 (ANI): Pope Francis landed in Corsica on Dec 15, in the first recorded trip of a pope to French Mediterranean island. The ...

Pope Francis turned 88 on December 17 ... but he also made a day trip to the neighbouring French island of Corsica (roughly a ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis on Sunday lamented the ongoing war and violence affecting families in Gaza and other parts of the world in the lead-up to Christmas and called for a “ceasefire on all war fronts.” ...